AS & A Level Physics (9702) — May–June 2025, Paper 11
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Start with Question 1 →Which quantity is a vector? A pressure B temperature C weight D work
Answer this question and get it marked →Four students, A, B, C and D, have completed an experiment to determine the acceleration of free fall, g. Each student repeated the experiment three times. The determined values…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diameter of a ball is measured as (5.26 ± 0.02) cm. What is the absolute uncertainty in the volume of the ball? A 0.29 cm³ B 0.87 cm³ C 1.1 cm³ D 7.0 cm³
Answer this question and get it marked →Two vectors, X and Y, are shown. X points up and to the right; Y points down and to the right. What are the directions of X + Y and X – Y? X + Y X – Y --- --- --- A rightward…
Answer this question and get it marked →A ball is projected vertically downwards with an initial velocity of 20 m s^-1. Air resistance is negligible. What is the displacement from its initial position of the ball after…
Answer this question and get it marked →A surveyor's device emits a pulse of light. The light is reflected from a wall 150 m away. What is the total time taken for the pulse to travel from the device to the wall and…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which equation of uniformly accelerated motion can be derived using only the gradient of a velocity–time graph? A s = ½(u + v)t B s = ut + ½at² C v = u + at D v² = u² + 2as
Answer this question and get it marked →An object is projected horizontally from a table at time t = 0. The object falls in a uniform gravitational field. Air resistance is negligible. Graphs P, Q, R and S are…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is always conserved in elastic collisions? total kinetic energy total velocity --- --- --- A yes yes B yes no C no yes D no no
Answer this question and get it marked →A firework travels vertically upwards in air. Gases are pushed vertically downwards from the firework. Several forces that act on the firework and gases are shown: thrust upward…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two blocks K and L slide towards each other along a horizontal frictionless surface. Block K has momentum 0.72 kg m s^-1 to the right; block L has momentum 0.46 kg m s^-1 to the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Leonardo da Vinci proposed a flying machine that would work like a screw to lift the pilot into the air. The 'screw' is rotated by the pilot. The machine and the pilot together…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which row describes a pair of forces that forms a couple? direction of the forces magnitude of the forces --- --- --- A opposite different B opposite equal C same different D same…
Answer this question and get it marked →A uniform cylinder of weight 25.0 N is suspended from a newton meter. The cylinder is fully submerged in water, as shown. The reading on the newton meter is 10.0 N. The water is…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student balances a 30 cm ruler on a fulcrum set at the 15 cm mark. She then places a 50 g mass on the 23 cm mark and a 20 g mass on the 11 cm mark. Which mass should she place…
Answer this question and get it marked →A submarine is at a depth of 130 m below the surface of the sea. The pressure on the submarine due to the sea water is p. The submarine sinks to a depth of 260 m below the…
Answer this question and get it marked →An object is falling in a uniform gravitational field. Which two quantities are sufficient to calculate the change in gravitational potential energy? A mass and acceleration of…
Answer this question and get it marked →The points X, Y and Z are on a rough, horizontal surface. The distance from X to Y is 3.0 m (vertically above Y). A box P is pushed across the surface from X to Y and then from Y…
Answer this question and get it marked →The momentum of a car of mass m increases from p₁ to p₂. What is the increase in the kinetic energy of the car? A (p₂² − p₁²) / (2m) B (p₂ − p₁)² / (2m) C (p₂ − p₁) / (2m) D (p₁ −…
Answer this question and get it marked →A parachutist is falling at constant (terminal) velocity. Which statement is not correct? A Gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy of the air. B…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student investigates a spring. The variation of the length of the spring with the force applied to the spring is shown. The graph shows length (m) on the y-axis from 0 to 0.60…
Answer this question and get it marked →The graph shows the variation with force of the extension of a wire. The force is gradually increased to a maximum at Q and then gradually decreased to zero at R. On the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A uniform metal wire of length L and diameter d has spring constant k. What is the Young modulus of the metal? A πd² / (4kL) B πd² / (kL) C kL / (πd²) D 4kL / (πd²)
Answer this question and get it marked →An aircraft produces a sound at a frequency of 30.0 Hz. The speed of sound in air is 330 m s^-1. The aircraft is directly in front of the stationary observer and travels in a…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement about longitudinal and transverse wave motion for a progressive wave is correct? A All transverse and longitudinal waves require a medium for propagation. B All…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a progressive transverse wave on a stretched string at one instant in time. One point on the string is labelled X. Points A, B, C and D are also marked on the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which wavelength of electromagnetic radiation in free space could be green light? A 4.9 × 10^-9 m B 6.6 × 10^-9 m C 5.5 × 10^-7 m D 8.6 × 10^-7 m
Answer this question and get it marked →Which group contains only waves that can be polarised? A infrared waves, radio waves, sound waves B visible light waves, microwaves, radio waves C visible light waves, radio…
Answer this question and get it marked →One wave has an amplitude of 2A. A second wave has an amplitude of A/2. The waves are otherwise identical. The two waves travel in opposite directions and overlap. What is the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Light of wavelength 680 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating with 450 lines mm^-1. What is the angle of diffraction of the second-order maximum in the diffraction…
Answer this question and get it marked →A hollow tube is closed at one end and open at the other. A stationary sound wave of the lowest possible frequency, 820 Hz, is produced in the tube. The speed of sound in air is…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which expression gives the definition of resistance? A current divided by potential difference B current multiplied by potential difference C potential difference divided by…
Answer this question and get it marked →The graph shows the I–V characteristic of an electrical component. The curve shows no current for negative V and a steeply rising current for positive V (non-linear,…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows six identical resistors connected in a circuit. The circuit has nodes P (left), Q (top), R (right), S (bottom). Between P and Q there is one resistor. Between Q…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a circuit containing a thermistor, a fixed resistor and a battery connected in series. The graph shows the I–V characteristics of both components (two curves…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two resistors of resistances R₁ and R₂ are connected in parallel between terminals X and Y. What is the combined resistance between X and Y? A R₁ + R₂ B R₁R₂ / (R₁ + R₂) C (R₁ +…
Answer this question and get it marked →A cell is connected in series with an ammeter and a variable resistor. A voltmeter is used to measure the p.d. across the variable resistor. The resistance of the variable…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which list contains only fundamental particles? A antineutrinos, baryons, neutrons, electrons B mesons, electrons, neutrinos, protons C positrons, quarks, hadrons, protons D…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement explains why alpha-particles have discrete energies, but beta-particles have a continuous range of energies? A Beta-particles have a much smaller mass than…
Answer this question and get it marked →A hadron consists of antiquarks that are all identical. What is a possible value, in terms of the elementary charge e, for the charge on the hadron? A 0e B +1e C +2e D +3e
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