2 1. Which quantity has the same base units as 2, where is density and speed? A. Momentum B. Upthrust C.

C. Electric field strength D. Pressure

2. A derived quantity Y is defined as Y =

k 4 ( a b) 2 , where a, b and c are c measured quantities and k is a constant. a, b and c are the associated measurement error. Y The fractional uncertainty of is given by Y A.
4k 2a 2b c + + + k a b c

C.

2( a + b) c + a b c

B.

2a 2b c + + a b c

D.

(a + b) c + a+b c

3. A thermometer can be read to an accuracy of 0.5 oC. This thermometer is used to measure a temperature rise from 25 oC to 80 oC. What is the percentage uncertainty in the measurement of the temperature rise? A. 0.5 % B. 0.9 % C. 1 % D. 2 %

4. A car is traveling along a straight road. The graph shows the variation with time of its displacement during part of the journey. Which point on the graph indicates that the car stops momentarily?
Displacement

B A C D
time

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3 5. A ship, located at O, is towed by two boats by steel cables as shown in the diagram.

T1

Ship O

30o

T2

Tensions on the cables are T1 and T2, respectively and they are at right angles to each other. The ship moves along the direction of OA which is 30o from T1. What probably is the ratio of T1 and T2 ? A. 3 : 1 B. 5 : 3 C. 2 : 1 D. 2 : 3

6. An ultrasonic pulse is transmitted to the seabed. The reflected pulse is detected and both are recorded in a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO) as shown in the diagram. The Y- plate is set at 2V per division and time-base 5 ms per division. What is the time interval between the two pulses?

A. 0.010 s B. 0.020 s

C. 0.045 s D. 0.100 s

4 7. A projectile is launched at a point O and follows the path OPQRS, as shown. Air resistance may be neglected. Q P R

Which statement is true for the projectile when it is at the highest point Q of its path? A. The horizontal component of the projectiles acceleration is zero. B. The horizontal component of the projectiles velocity is zero. C. The kinetic energy of the projectile is zero. D. The momentum of the projectile is zero.

8. A projectile is thrown horizontally off the edge of a tall building which height is h metres. Which of the following graphs most closely represents the variation of kinetic energy of the projectile, Ek with the distance it moves, x? Air resistance may be neglected. A Ek Ek B Ek C Ek D

h x

h x

h x

9. An engine exerts a thrust of F newtons to accelerate a box of mass m from rest to v ms-1 in t seconds. By ignoring the frictions, power generated by the engine is given by ______________. A. F v B. F v C. F v t D. m v2

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5 10. Which of the following statements is correct? A. A force is required to keep a body moving on. B. The force acting on a body is proportional to the change of momentum of the body C. The total momentum of a system is constant as long as it is a head-on collision. D. A mass accelerates uniformly when the resultant force acting on it is constant.

11. A hot balloon is ascending steadily in still air. It is acted on by three forces, the weight of the balloon W, upthrust U and force due to air resistance R. Which of the following statements is correct? A. U > W + R B. U = W + R C. R + U = W D. W = U = R

12. A cylindrical block of wood has a cross-sectional area A and weight W. It is totally immersed in water with its axis vertical. The block experiences pressures p1 and po at its top and bottom surfaces respectively. Which of the following expressions is equal to the upthrust on the block? A. (po p1) A + W B. (p0 p1) C. (po p1) A D. (p0 p1) A - W

13. Which of the following pairs of forces, acting on a wheel, constitutes a couple?

2F A

F B C

F D

6 14. The graph shows how the pressure exerted by a liquid varies with depth below the surface.
1800 1600 1400 1200

Pressure/ Pa

1000 800 600 400 200 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Depth/ m What is the density of the liquid? A. 200 kg m-3 B. 400 kg m-3 C. 2000 kg m-3 D. 4000 kg m-3

15. A hinged door is held closed in the horizontal position by a cable. Three forces act on the door, the weight W of the door, the tension T in the cable and the force H at the hinge, as shown in the diagram. wall cable

T
30o

H
hinge

45o

door

W
Which list gives three forces in increasing order of magnitude? A. T, W, H B. H, T, W C. T, H, W D. W, H, T

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7 16. Three loads of mass 20 kg, 30 kg and 40 kg respectively are placed on a beam of 1 m long and of negligible mass. 20kg 35 cm 30kg 40kg

What is the distance, from the load 40 kg, should a fulcrum be located to balance the beam? A. 0.21 m B. 0.32 m C. 0.44 m D. 0.55 m

17. For a given liquid at atmospheric pressure, which process can occur at any temperature? A. boiling B. evaporation C. melting D. solidification

18. What is the Young modulus of a material? A. (force original length) / (extension cross-sectional area) B. (force cross-sectional area) / (extension original length) C. strain / stress D. force / cross-sectional area

8 19. A beam, the weight of which may be neglected, is supported by two identical springs. When a weight W is hung from the middle, the extension of each spring is y.

Original position of the beam

W
Another identical spring is then hung in between the two springs. What is the extension when a weight of 2W is hung from the middle of the beam? A. B. 1 y 2 3 y 2 C. D. 2 y 3 4 y 3

20. The tension in a spring of natural length lo is first increased from zero to T1, causing the length to increase to l1. The tension is then further increased to T2, causing length to increase to l2. Length l2 l1 lo 0 S R M N P T1 Q T2 Tension

Which area of graph represents the work done by the spring during this further increase in length? A. SRNM B. PNRQ C. OLRQ D. SRQPNM

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9 21. Which of the following summarises the change in wave characteristics from microwaves to ultra-violet light in the electromagnetic spectrum? Frequency A B C D decreases decreases increases increases Interference fringe separation due to two coherent sources increases decreases increases decreases

22. Which is the most correct statement about wave? A B C D A progressive wave has a node at the beginning A transverse wave cannot be reflected A transverse wave cannot be polarized Sound can form stationary waves

23. At a distance 20m from a small loudspeaker, the amplitude of the sound heard is 0.012 mm. At what distance from the loudspeakers, is the amplitude 0.024mm? A. 40 m B. 14 m C. 10 m D. 5 m

24. Coherent light is incident on two fine parallel slits, S1 and S2, as shown in the diagram.

If a bright fringe occurs at P, which of the following gives possible phase differences for the light waves arriving at P from S1 and S2? A. , 3, 5 B. 2, 4 , 6 C. , 2, 3 D. /2, 3/2, 5/2

10 25. Illuminated normally, a diffraction grating produces second-order bright images with an angle of 60o between them. The light is monochromatic and has a wavelength 480 nm. The spacing of the grating in mm is A. 1.9 10-3 B. 1.6 10-3 C. 1.2 10-3 D. 8 10-3

26. The diagram shows the relationship between the energy of electromagnetic radiation and the wavelength of the waves.
energy

wavelength

Which of the following has the lowest energy? A. infrared B. microwaves C. ultra-violet D. X-rays

27. A charge of 3C experiences a force of 3000 N when it is moved in a uniform electric field, E. What is the potential difference between two points X and Y separated by a distance of 1 cm A. 0 V B. 10 V C. 1000 V D. 9000 V

X Y E

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11 28. The diagram shows two squares, X and Y, cut from a sheet of metal of uniform thickness t. The dimensions of X and Y are shown in the diagram.

X
L L t L

Y
2L t

The resistances of the squares, RX and RY, are measured between the opposite R faces shaded in the diagram. What is the value of X ? RY A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

29. The diagram shows a network of three resistors. Two of these marked R are identical. The other one has a resistance of 10 .
Y

10

The resistance between Y and Z is found to be 5 . What is the resistance between X and Y? A. 3.8 B. 5.8 C. 1.8 D. 7.6

30. A cell of e.m.f. E delivers a charge Q to an external circuit. Which statement is correct? A. The energy dissipation in the external circuit is EQ B. The energy dissipation within the cell is EQ C. The external resistance is EQ D. The total energy dissipation in the cell and the external circuit is EQ

12 31. The diagram shows a circuit in which the battery has negligible internal resistance. 9.0 V

4.0

What is the value of the current I? A. 0.5 A B. 1.0 A C. 1.5 A D. 2.0 A

32. An electrical source with internal resistance r is used to operate a lamp of resistance R. What fraction of the total power is delivered to the lamp? A. R R+r B. R+r R C. R r D. r R

33. A battery of e.m.f. E and negligible internal resistance is connected to 2 resistors of resistances R1 and R2 as shown in the circuit diagram.

8k

12 k

What is the potential difference across the resistor of resistance R2? A. 3 E 2 B. 2 E 3 C. 3 E 5 D. 1 E 2

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13 34. Each of Kirchhoffs law is linked to the conservation of a physical quantity. What physical quantity is assumed to be conserved in the formulation of Kirchhoffs first and second law? Kirchhoffs first law A B C D energy energy charge momentum Kirchhoffs second law charge momentum energy energy

35. In the circuit shown, cell E has a constant e.m.f. of 2.0V and negligible internal resistance. Wire XY is 100 cm long and has a resistance of 4.0 . Cell B has an e.m.f. of 1.5 V and an internal resistance of 10 . What is the balance length when a 1.0 resistor is placed in series with cell B? E

A. 12.5 cm

B. 25.0 cm

C. 50.0 cm

D. 75.0 cm

14 36. In the potentiometer circuit below, the moveable contact is placed at N on the bare wire XY, such that the galvanometer shows zero deflection.

The resistance of the variable resistor is now decreased. What is the effect of this decrease on the potential difference across the wire XY and on the position of the moveable contact for zero deflection?

A B C D

Potential difference across XY increases increases decreases decreases

Position of moveable contact nearer to X nearer to Y nearer to X nearer to Y

37. A negatively charged particle is held stationary between two horizontal charged conducting plates, as shown in the diagram below. Which of the following changes would cause the particle to move downwards?

+
Dc power supply

A B C D

Increase the electric field strength Increase the charge on the particle Decrease the mass of the particle Decrease the electric field strength

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15 38. An electron ion is projected at right angles to a uniform electric field E.

In the absence of other fields, in which direction is the electron deflected? A B C D to the right to the left into the plane of the paper out of the plane of the paper

39. Which is the most incorrect statement concerning radiation from radioactive materials? A B C D Alpha-particles have positive charge Gamma rays are slightly defected by a magnetic field Beta- particles can penetrates a very thin piece of paper An electric field can deflect alpha- and beta- particles.

40. As a result of successive decays in a radioactive series, the nucleon number of an isotope decreases by 4 while its proton number is unchanged. How many alpha particles and beta-particles are emitted? alpha A B C D 1 1 2 2 beta 2 4 1 2

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