2017-S6MK

PHY
PAPER 1A
SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE
16 – 17 S6 MOCK EXAMINATION

PHYSICS PAPER 1

Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes

This paper must be answered in English

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. There are TWO sections, A and B, in this Paper. You are advised to finish Section A in about 50
minutes.
2. Section A consists of multiple-choice questions in this question paper, while Section B contains
conventional questions printed separately in Question-Answer Book B.
3. Answers to Section A should be marked on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet while answers to
Section B should be written in the spaces provided in the Question-Answer Book B. The
Answer Sheet for Section A and the Question-Answer Book for Section B will be collected
separately at the end of the examination.
4. The diagrams in this paper are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
5. The last two pages of this question paper contain a list of data, formulae and relationships which
you may find useful.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTION A (MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS)

1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet. After the announcement of the start of the
examination, you should write your name and insert the information required in the spaces
provided. No extra time will be given for writing the information after the ‘Time is up’
announcement.
2. When told to open this book, you should check that all questions are there. Look for the words
‘END OF SECTION A’ after the last question.
3. All questions carry equal marks.
4. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. You are advised to use an HB pencil to mark all the answers on
the Answer Sheet, so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber. You
must mark the answers clearly; otherwise you will lose marks if the answers cannot be captured.
5. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you
will receive NO MARKS for that question.
6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

Not to be taken away before the

end of the examination session

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 Section A
There are 33 questions. Questions marked with * involve knowledge of the extension
component.

1. Two objects are of different temperatures. Which of the following statements is/are
correct?
(1) There is heat transfer between the two objects when they are put in contact.
(2) The cooler object may have more internal energy.
(3) The average kinetic energy of the particles in the two objects can be the same.

A. (1) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

2. An immersion heater is put in a glass of water. Which of the following diagrams best
shows the convection current in the water?

A. B.

heater heater

C. D.

heater heater

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3. Which of the following actions would increase the rate of heat loss by radiation of a hot
object?
(1) Increase its temperature.
(2) Increase its surface area.
(3) Paint its surface silvery.

A. (1) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

*4. A boy is going to fill more air in a basketball. Initially, there are 2.4 moles of gas inside
the ball. The pressure of the gas in the ball is 100 kPa at 25 C. After pumping, the
pressure of the gas in the ball is 150 kPa and its temperature is 40 C. If the volume of
the ball remains unchanged, find the number of moles of gas in the ball after pumping.

A. 2.25 mol
B. 3.05 mol
C. 3.30 mol
D. 3.43 mol

*5. Two moles of an ideal gas is heated from 50 C to 90 C. What is the increase in the
internal energy of the gas?

A. 332 J
B. 665 J
C. 997 J
D. 1330 J

6. Which of the following statements about mass is/are correct?

(1) Mass measures the inertia of an object.
(2) The mass of an object remains the same on planets of different gravity.
(3) A massive object will eventually come to rest if there is no force acting on it.

A. (2) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (1) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

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7.

A man throws a small ball and it describes a projectile path. If air resistance is
negligible, which of the following best shows the acceleration of the ball in the three
positions shown in the figure?

A. B.

C. D.

8. The figure below shows the v-t graph of an object moving along a straight line. Find
the object’s average velocity from 0 s ‒ 9 s.
v / m s1
A. 4.22 m s1 10
B. 5.15 m s1
C. 6.89 m s1 0
4 t/s
D. ‒8 m s1 6 9
8

9. An external force of 10 N is applied on the corner of a rectangular block PQRS as

shown below. Find the moment produced by the force about P.

A. 0.3 N m S R
10 N
B. 0.4 N m
3 cm
C. 0.5 N m
D. 0.7 N m P 4 cm Q

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10. A 65-kg girl is jumping on a trampoline as shown in Figure A. In Figure B, X is the
highest position that she reaches and is 1.5 m above the flat fabric of the trampoline.
After falling back onto the fabric, the fabric deforms and she falls 0.3 m to the lowest
position Y. Find the average force acting on her by the fabric.

X
fabric
1.5 m

0.3 m
fabric Y

Figure A Figure B

A. 638 N
B. 2130 N
C. 3190 N
D. 3830 N

11. In the figure, an external force F is exerted on the arrow attached on the string of a bow
so that the arrow remains stationary. If the tension along the string of the bow is 15 N,
find the magnitude of F.

A. 4.64 N
B. 9.27 N 72°
C. 18.5 N F
72°
D. 29.0 N

12. Object X moving at 2 m s1 towards the left collides head on with object Y which is
moving at 3 m s1 towards the right on a smooth horizontal plane. After the collision, X
moves at 1.5 m s1 towards the right and Y moves at 1 m s1 towards the right. If the
mass of X is mX and the mass of Y is mY, find mX : mY.

A. 4:7
3 m s1 2 m s1 1 m s1 1.5 m
B. 1:4
C. 4:1
Y X Y X
D. 7:4

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13. A cat is jumping up as shown. The weight of the cat is W and the normal force exerted
on the cat by the floor is R. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
(1) R and W form an action-and-reaction pair.
(2) R and W are always equal in magnitude.
(3) W remains unchanged during the jump.

A. (3) only R
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only W
D. (1), (2) and (3)

*14. An object on a horizontal plane moves in a uniform circular motion. Which of the
following statements is/are correct?
(1) The velocity of the object is unchanged.
(2) The total energy of the object is unchanged.
(3) The net force on the object is zero.

A. (1) only
B. (2) only
C. (1) and (3) only
D. (2) and (3) only

*15. A ball is projected at an angle of 35° above the horizontal from the top of a cliff with a
speed of 20 m s1. If air resistance is negligible, find the ball’s horizontal displacement
5 s later.

A. 36.0 m
B. 57.4 m
C. 72.6 m
D. 81.9 m

*16. Jupiter’s diameter is 1.40108 m and the acceleration due to gravity on its surface is
about 2.5 times that on the Earth’s surface. Estimate the mass of Jupiter.

A. 4.9  1017 kg
B. 1.2  1027 kg
C. 1.8  1027 kg
D. 2.1  1028 kg

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17. A plane wave travels from medium 1 to medium 2 as shown in the figure below. Find λ,
the wavelength of the wave in medium 2.

A. 2 cm
B. 2.21 cm 2 cm medium 1
C. 2.67 cm
D. 2.97 cm
40°
59°

medium 2 λ

18. A light ray is directed from medium P to medium Q as shown. The refractive index of
medium Q is higher than that of medium P.
P Q

Which of the following best shows the path of the refracted light ray?

P Q
A. W W
B. X
X
C. Y
Y
D. Z
Z

19. When water waves passes through a narrow slit, which of the following wave
properties remain(s) unchanged?
(1) Direction of propagation
(2) Speed
(3) Wavelength

A. (1) only
B. (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

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*20. A student puts an object in front of a convex lens. He varies the object distance u and
1 1
records the corresponding image distance v. The relation between against is
v u
shown in the graph below. Which of the following quantities of the graph can
determine the focal length of the lens?
1
v
A. x-intercept
B. area under the line
C. slope of the line
D. reciprocal of the slope of the line
1
0 u

21. The figure below shows the displacements of some particles from their equilibrium
positions when a longitudinal wave is travelling in a medium.

travelling direction 1 cm

P Q R
equilibrium positions

current positions

Which of the following statements are correct?

(1) Particles P, Q and R are stationary at the instance shown.
(2) The wavelength of the wave is 8 cm.
(3) P and R are in phase.

A. (1) and (2) only

B. (1) and (3) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

22. Which of the following is NOT a use of ultraviolet radiation?

A. Detection of fake money notes

B. Production of vitamin D
C. Sterilization of drinking water
D. Security check for luggage

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*23. When a monochromatic light of wavelength 410–5 cm is directed perpendicularly to a
plane transmission grating, the second order bright fringe is formed at an angle of 30°
to the normal of the grating. What is the number of lines per cm of the grating?

A. 3125
B. 6250
C. 13 000
D. 25 000

24. Two identical metal spheres carry different charges Q1 and Q2 respectively. When they
are separated by a certain distance, the electrostatic force between them is F. When
they are brought to touch each other and returned to their original positions, the
electrostatic force between them becomes F’. Which of the following statements must
be correct?
(1) Both spheres contain equal amount of charges after touch.
(2) F’ is repulsive.
(3) magnitude of F’  magnitude of F

A. (1) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

*25. Four point charges W, X, Y and Z are placed at the vertices of a square of side length d
as shown. Find the electric field strength at the centre of the square.

Q
A.
16πε 0 d 2
W X
Q
B. (2Q) (+Q)
8πε 0 d 2
Q d
C.
4 πε 0 d 2
Q Z
D. Y
2 πε 0 d 2 (+Q) (3Q)

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26. A kettle takes 15 minutes to boil 3 kg of water from 25°C. If it costs $1.1 per kW h,
estimate the cost of boiling 3-kg water by this kettle. Take the specific heat capacity of
water = 4200 J kg‒1 °C‒1.

A. $0.263
B. $0.289
C. $0.571
D. $0.592

27. Consider the following circuit. Find the current flowing through the 1- resistor.

3V
A. 0.214 A
B. 0.429 A
1Ω
C. 0.643 A
4Ω
D. 0.857 A
2Ω

28. The following diagram shows two current-carrying wires on a plane. The two wires
make an angle of 60 to each other and MN is the angle bisector between the two wires.
If M is at a distance of 20 cm from N, find the magnetic field strength at M.

0
A. ×10 T
2 N
1A
0 60
B. ×20 T
2 20 cm
0 3A
C. ×30 T
2 M
0
D. ×40 T
2

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*29. The figure below shows two different power transmission systems, X and Y, supplying
energy to a heater.

‘220 V, 484 W’
system X
heater

‘220 V, 484 W’
system Y
heater

In either system, the total resistance of the transmission cables (represented by the
dotted lines) is 10  and the heater is working at the rated power. What is the ratio of
the power loss in system X to that in system Y ? Assume the transformers are ideal.

A. 5:1
B. 10 : 1
C. 20 : 1
D. 25 : 1

*30. A positively charged particle is flying towards a region with a uniform electric field
and uniform magnetic field as shown in the figure. The electric and magnetic fields are
1000 N C–1 and 0.1 T respectively. If the particle passes through the region without
deflection, find the speed of the particle. Neglect the effect of gravity and air resistance.

A. 10–3 m s–1 
–1
B. 10 m s
C. 104 m s–1
D. 105 m s‒1



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*31. A metal rod is pulled towards the right by a force F along two smooth parallel metal
rails in a uniform magnetic field of 5 T as shown. The rod moves at a constant speed of
0.2 m s1. The rails are 30 cm apart and are connected to a light bulb of resistance 2 .
Find the value of F.
    
A. 0.225 N     
B. 0.75 N     
C. 1.5 N 30 cm F 2
    
D. 3N     
    
0.2 m s1 5T

*32. The half-life of a radioisotope is 5 hours. It is found that there is 0.24 mg of that
radioisotope in a milk sample. What was the amount of that radioisotope in this milk
sample 1 day ago?

A. 5.65 mg
B. 5.97 mg
C. 6.21 mg
D. 6.69 mg

33. Which of the following statements about the fusion of hydrogen are correct?
(1) A high temperature is needed to initiate the reaction.
(2) A neutron is needed to trigger the reaction.
(3) This is the source of energy of the Sun.

A. (1) and (2) only

B. (1) and (3) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

END OF SECTION A

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