AS & A Level Physics (9702) — May–June 2025, Paper 12
40 questions · every question answerable online with instant point-by-point AI marking against the official mark scheme.
Start with Question 1 →What must all physical quantities have? A a direction and a magnitude B a direction and a unit C a magnitude and a prefix D a magnitude and a unit
Answer this question and get it marked →What is 0.25 kN mm^-2 expressed in N m^-2? A 0.00025 N m^-2 B 0.25 N m^-2 C 250 000 N m^-2 D 250 000 000 N m^-2
Answer this question and get it marked →A student calculates the density of a solid steel cube in an experiment. The measured mass is 975 g ± 10 g and the measured length of side is 50 mm ± 1 mm. What is the density of…
Answer this question and get it marked →The time period T of a pendulum is given by T = 2π(L/g)^n, where L is the length of the pendulum and g is the acceleration of free fall. The equation is homogeneous. What is the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Radio waves can be used to measure the distance between Earth and the planet Jupiter. A pulse of radio waves is emitted from the surface of Earth. The pulse reflects from the…
Answer this question and get it marked →The graph shows the variation with time of the velocity of a car. The velocity rises linearly from 0 to 12 m s^-1 in 2 s, remains constant at 12 m s^-1 from t = 2 s to t = 6 s,…
Answer this question and get it marked →A solid object of mass 1.0 kg falls vertically downwards in a vacuum. When the speed of the object is 60 m s^-1, an additional constant force of 50 N suddenly starts to act…
Answer this question and get it marked →A stone is thrown upwards and follows a curved path. Air resistance is negligible. Why does the path have this shape? A The stone has a constant horizontal acceleration and…
Answer this question and get it marked →A rocket engine ejects 90 kg of exhaust gas per second at a velocity of 190 m s^-1 relative to the rocket. What is the force acting on the rocket due to the ejected gas? A 2.1 kN…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement does not describe an elastic collision between two objects? A The relative speed of approach of the two objects equals the relative speed of separation. B The…
Answer this question and get it marked →A cyclist is riding at a constant speed on a level road. According to Newton's third law of motion, what is equal and opposite to the backward push of the back wheel on the road?…
Answer this question and get it marked →A stone is released from rest and falls a long distance in air. Which graph could show the variation with time t of the acceleration a of the stone? A: a rises from 0 (curving…
Answer this question and get it marked →An empty cart is moving along a horizontal track at a constant velocity. Resistive forces acting on the cart are negligible. A heavy rock is dropped vertically into the cart. The…
Answer this question and get it marked →A wooden block is held stationary in a container of water using a string that is attached to both the wooden block and the bottom of the container. The wooden block has mass m and…
Answer this question and get it marked →A square shop sign of uniform density has mass 2.4 kg and sides of length 0.86 m. The sign is supported by a hinge along its top edge. There is friction in the hinge so that the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A block is submerged vertically in a liquid. The four diagrams show the block viewed from the side. Which diagram shows, to scale, the forces exerted on equal areas of the block…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a couple: two equal and opposite forces separated by a perpendicular distance. How is the torque of the couple calculated? A ½ × perpendicular distance between…
Answer this question and get it marked →A ball of mass 1.2 kg travels horizontally at a speed of 3.0 m s^-1. The ball hits a cushion and comes to rest over a horizontal distance of 0.020 m. What is the work done by the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A box of mass 4.9 kg is pushed at a constant velocity from point P at the bottom of an inclined plane to point Q at the top. The box is pushed by a force of 64 N acting parallel…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which expression gives the efficiency of a system? A total energy input / useful energy output B (useful energy output + wasted energy output) / total energy input C useful energy…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student has a copper wire and a steel wire with equal lengths and cross-sectional areas. The student hangs identical loads on the two wires. The extensions of the two wires are…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two springs X and Y stretch elastically. The graphs show the variation with extension x of the force F applied to each spring. Spring X: F rises linearly from 0 to 20 N as x…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which phrase describes the strain at the elastic limit on a stress–strain graph? A the maximum strain below which Hooke's law is obeyed B the maximum strain below which the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A teacher removes the turntable from a microwave oven and places a bar of chocolate in the oven. She then switches the oven on for a short time. A stationary wave is formed in the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A sound wave travels from the left to the right. The graph shows the variation of the displacement to the right of particles in the sound wave with distance, at one instant.…
Answer this question and get it marked →A buzzer emitting sound of frequency 846 Hz is attached to a string and rotated in a horizontal circle. The linear speed of the buzzer is 25.0 m s^-1. The speed of sound is 340 m…
Answer this question and get it marked →Vertically polarised light of intensity I₀ is incident normally on a polarising filter. The transmission axis of the filter is at an angle θ to the plane of polarisation of the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement compares the behaviour of transverse and longitudinal waves? A Only longitudinal waves can be diffracted. B Only longitudinal waves can travel in free space. C…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student uses a diffraction grating to determine the wavelength of visible light from a source. The diffraction grating has 300 lines per mm. The student measures the angle θ of…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two waves meet. What is not a necessary condition for the waves to produce a stationary wave? A They must be of the same type. B They must have the same period. C They must have…
Answer this question and get it marked →Light of a single wavelength is incident normally on a double slit. Interference fringes are observed on a screen. The distance from the double slit to the screen is 0.60 m and…
Answer this question and get it marked →A wire is made from a metal of constant resistivity. There is a constant current in the wire. Which statement about the potential difference across the wire is correct? A It is…
Answer this question and get it marked →The I–V characteristics for three electrical components are shown. Component 1: straight line through origin extending into both quadrants (symmetric). Component 2: straight line…
Answer this question and get it marked →A resistor of resistance 200 Ω is connected to a supply that has a p.d. of 4.00 V. How many electrons enter the resistor in 4.00 s? A 3.13 × 10^16 B 1.25 × 10^17 C 5.00 × 10^17 D…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a cell of internal resistance 1.0R connected to a variable resistor. When the variable resistor has an initial resistance of 2.0R, the current in the cell is I₁…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a four-terminal box connected to a battery and two ammeters. The currents in the two ammeters are identical. Which circuit, within the box, gives this result?
Answer this question and get it marked →Each of Kirchhoff's two laws presumes that some quantity is conserved. Which row states Kirchhoff's first law and names the quantity that is conserved? statement quantity --- ---…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two neutral atoms are isotopes of the same element. Which statement about the atoms is correct? A They have a different number of neutrons and a different number of electrons. B…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the composition of a meson? A 1 quark and 1 antiquark B 1 quark and 2 antiquarks C 2 quarks and 1 antiquark D 3 quarks
Answer this question and get it marked →A nucleus of carbon-11 contains 6 protons and 5 neutrons. The nucleus of carbon-11 decays by β⁺ emission. What is the total number of up and down quarks in the product of the…
Answer this question and get it marked →