1 A student wanted to measure the thickness of a single sheet of aluminium foil.

Which of the following instruments would be the most appropriate to make this
measurement?

A measuring tape B micrometer screw gauge C ruler D vernier calipers

2 The velocity v of a particle can be expressed in terms of combinations of the following

quantities: kinetic energy Ek, momentum p and mass m.

Which of the following expressions is correct?

A 𝑝2 B C 𝐸𝑘 D 2𝐸𝑘
𝑣= 2𝐸𝑘 𝑣= 𝑣=
𝑚 𝑣=√ 2𝑝 𝑝𝑚
𝑚

3 A particular equation relates the quantities W, X, Y and Z as shown below.

W = Z2 + XY

Which statement must be correct for the equation to be homogeneous?

A W, X, Y and Z all have the same units.

B W/Z must have the same unit as X.
C The square root of XY has the same unit as Z.
D X has the same unit as Y

4 A metre rule was used to measure the length l of a wire. The following measurements
were recorded.

l1 / cm l2 / cm l3 / cm
89.1 89.6 89.4

Which of the following is the most appropriate uncertainty to use for the length of the
piece of wire?

A ± 0.1 cm B ± 0.2 cm C ± 0.3 cm D ± 0.4 cm

5 A graph showing the variation of the velocity v of a body with time t is as shown.
At which point is the body furthest away from its starting position?
6 The graph shows how the velocity varies with time for an object.

Which of the following graphs shows how the displacement varies with time for this
object?
7 A ball is dropped vertically onto a horizontal surface and bounces twice before being
caught. The graph shows how the velocity of the ball varies with time for the motion
of the ball.

A B

C D
8 A ball is dropped, bounces once at time t/2 and is then caught at time t.
The velocity‑time graph for the motion of the ball is shown.

Assuming that the initial displacement of the ball is 0, which is the correct
displacement‑time graph for the motion of the ball?

A B

C D

9 A car is fitted with an airbag which will inflate if the car stops very suddenly.
Which of the following is increased if the airbag inflates because the car suddenly
stops?

A change in momentum of the driver

B change in velocity of the driver
C force on the driver
D time that the driver takes to stop
10 A light spring is connected between two blocks of wood, of masses 5.0 kg and m, on a
frictionless horizontal surface. The spring is compressed and the blocks are released
simultaneously from rest.

When the acceleration of the heavier block is 10 m s−2, what are the mass and
acceleration of the lighter block?

mass (kg) acceleration (m s-2)

A 1 50
B 2 25
C 3 12.5
D 4 10

11 A ball is thrown with an initial horizontal component of velocity u and an initial vertical
component of velocity v. The effects of air resistance are negligible.

Which of the following statements about the motion of the ball is not correct?

A The magnitude of the acceleration in the vertical plane is g.

B The horizontal component of velocity is constant.
𝑣
C The time taken for the ball to reach its maximum height is equal to 𝑔.
D The maximum height of the ball depends on the values of u and v.

12 A student throws a ball vertically upwards.

Which of the following shows a free‑body force diagram for the ball immediately after
it leaves the student’s hand?
13 A trapdoor is fixed to a vertical wall with a hinge. A wire is attached to the other end of
the trapdoor and inclined at an angle of 60°, as shown. The wire holds the trapdoor
horizontal.

Which of the following shows the free-body force diagram for the trapdoor?

14 An object, made from two equal masses joined by a light rod, falls with uniform speed
through air. The rod remains horizontal.

Which statement about the equilibrium of the system is correct?

A It is not in equilibrium because it is falling steadily.

B It is not in equilibrium because it is in motion.
C It is not in equilibrium because there is a resultant torque.
D It is in equilibrium because there is no resultant force and no resultant torque.
15 The diagram shows two identical vessels X and Y connected by a short pipe with a tap.

Initially, X is filled with water of mass m to a depth h, and Y is empty.

When the tap is opened, water flows from X to Y until the depths of water in both
vessels are equal.
How much potential energy is lost by the water during this process?
(g = acceleration of free fall)

A 0 B 𝑚𝑔ℎ C 𝑚𝑔ℎ D 𝑚𝑔ℎ

4 2

16 A uniform rectangular block of mass m rests on an inclined plane.

What is the maximum angle of tilt θ before the block topples over? Assume that sliding
does not occur before tilting occurs.

A 37
B 39
C 51
D 53
17 A uniform rod AB of mass 4.0 kg is suspended by a string attached at B. The string is
connected to a block M and passed over a smooth pulley. The other end of the rod is
hinged at A. When the rod is horizontal, the string makes an angle of 40 with the
vertical.

What is the weight of M required to maintain equilibrium?

A 20 N
B 26 N
C 31 N
D 39 N

18 A person uses a pivoted lever to lift a boulder of weight W as shown.

The centre of gravity of the boulder is a distance d from the pivot. The angle of the
lever to the horizontal is .

Which expression is equal to the moment of W about the pivot?

A Wd B Wd cos  C Wd sin  D Wd tan 

19 On a guitar two strings are tightened to the same tension. The diameter of one string
is double the diameter of the other. The stress in the thicker string is σ.

What is the stress in the thinner string?

A 4σ B 2σ C σ/2 D σ/4

20 A wire that obeys Hooke’s law is of length x1 when it is in equilibrium under a tension
T1. Its length becomes x2 when the tension is increased to T2.

What is the extra energy stored in the wire as a result of this process?
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22 Which of the following is always true for a stationary wave?

A All particles have the same amplitude.

B No energy is transferred from one end of the wave to the other.
C The particles in the wave oscillate perpendicularly to the direction of wave travel.
D All particles vibrate in simple harmonic motion with the same frequency as the
wave.

23 A double-slit interference experiment is set up as shown.

Fringes are formed on the screen which is 40.0 cm away. The distance between the
slits is 9.0 cm apart. The microwave source has a wavelength of 2.0 cm and intensity
of I. What is the resultant intensity at X?

A Zero BI C 2I D 4I
24 Light of wavelength  passes through a diffraction grating with slit spacing d. A series
of lines is observed on a screen.

What is the angle α between the two first order lines?

25 The mercury spectrum contains two intense yellow lines with wavelengths of
577.0 nm and 579.1 nm respectively. Light from a mercury lamp is incident normally
on a diffraction grating ruled with 4300 lines per centimetre.

To distinguish the two yellow lines clearly, it is desirable that there should be an
angular separation of at least 0.30° between the two lines.

Which order of diffraction can be used?

A 2nd order
B 3rd order
C 4th order
D 5th order
26 An ohmmeter was used to measure the resistance R of a length l of nichrome wire as
shown. This was then repeated for different values of l.

The diameter of the wire was measured and the cross-sectional area A of the wire was
calculated. A graph was plotted. The gradient of the graph was equal to the resistivity
of nichrome.

Which row of the table shows the quantities which were plotted on the y-axis and the
x-axis?

y-axis x-axis
A l RA
B lA R
C R Al
D RA l

27 A piece of conducting putty is shaped into a cylinder of uniform cross‑sectional area,

as shown. The length of the cylinder is l. The resistance between the two ends is 8.0 Ω.

The piece of putty is then rolled out until the length is 2l.
Which of the following is now the value of the resistance between the two ends?

A 2.0 Ω B 4.0 Ω C 16.0 Ω D 32.0 Ω

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29 A uniform block of resistive material has length 10x and thickness 0.25x, as shown.

For a given width, how does the resistance of the block across the two ends P and Q
vary with x?

A proportional to x2
B proportional to x
C independent of x
D inversely proportional to x

30 A potential difference V is applied across the ends of a conductor. The drift velocity of
the charge carriers in the conductor is v.

Which of the following expressions gives the relationship between drift velocity and
potential difference?

1 1
A𝑣 ∝𝑉 B 𝑣 ∝ 𝑉2 C𝑣 ∝𝑉 D 𝑣 ∝ 𝑉2

31 The graph shows the variation of current I with potential difference V for a diode.

Which of the following statements is correct?

A The diode has zero resistance when connected in the forward direction.
B The diode has zero resistance when connected in the reverse direction.
C The diode starts to conduct when the potential difference is about 0.7 V.
D The diode stops conducting when the potential difference is about −0.7 V
32 A light dependent resistor and a thermistor are connected in series.

Which of the following combinations of illumination and temperature will result in the
highest combined resistance?

A dark and cold B dark and hot C light and cold D light and hot

33 In a boiler, energy is transferred to water at a rate of 40 kW. The corresponding power

loss from the boiler to the surroundings is 4.0 kW.

Which of the following is the efficiency of this boiler?

A 0.10 B 0.11 C 0.90 D 0.91

34 A student investigated the e.m.f. and internal resistance of a battery. The student
produced the following sketch graph.

Which row of the table gives the quantities plotted?

y-axis x-axis
A e.m.f. Circuit resistance
B e.m.f. Current
C Terminal potential difference Circuit resistance
D Terminal potential difference Current
35 Four fixed resistors are connected to a cell as shown.

What is the potential difference across P and Q?

A0
B 1.6 V
C 4.1 V
D 10 V
36 Which of the following conclusions could not be made as a result of alpha particle
scattering experiment?

A The atom is mostly empty space.

B The atom is neutral.
C The nucleus is charged.
D The nucleus is very small compared to the atom.

37 Alpha particle scattering investigations were first carried out in the early part of
the 20th century.

The diagram shows the path of an α particle that is being deflected by the nucleus of a
gold atom. The closest distance of approach of the α−particle to the nucleus is at point
P.

Which row in the table describes the speed and potential energy of the α−particle at
point P on this path?

Speed Potential energy

A Greatest Greatest
B Greatest Least
C Least Greatest
D Least Least
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39 A subatomic particle consists of the quark combination .

Which of the following is the classification for this particle?

A baryon B lepton C meson D nucleon

40 Which row of the table summarises the mass and charge of an antineutron?

Mass (u) Charge (e)

A 0 0
B 0 −1
C 1 0
D 1 +1