MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

On a particular railway, a train driver applies the brake of the train at a yellow signal, a distance of 1.0 km from a red signal, where it stops. Th...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A ball is released from rest above a horizontal surface and bounces several times. The graph shows how, for this ball, a quantity $y$ varies with time...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The diagram shows a velocity-time graph. What is the displacement during the last 2 seconds of the motion? 

2009 Winter

Theory

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A sky-diver jumps from a high-altitude balloon. (a) Explain briefly why the acceleration of the sky-diver (i) decreases with time,   [2] ...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A small ball is thrown horizontally with a speed of 4.0 ms$^{-1}$. It falls through a vertical height of 1.96 m before bouncing off a horizontal plate...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a vehicle. The vehicle, moving at 4.0 ms-1, begins to accelerate at time = 0. What is the vehicle's ac...

2010 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A small steel ball falls freely under gravity after being released from rest. Which graph best represents the variation of the height $h$ of the ball...

2010 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A small steel ball falls freely under gravity after being released from rest. Which graph best represents the variation of the height $h$ of the ball...

2010 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a vehicle. The vehicle, moving at $4.0 \text{ ms}^{-1}$, begins to accelerate at time = 0. What is the...

2010 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A small steel ball falls freely under gravity after being released from rest. Which graph best represents the variation of the height $h$ of the ball ...

2010 Summer

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

Which quantity with its unit is correct?

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The luminosity $L$ of a star is given by $L = 4\pi r^2 \sigma T^4$ where $r$ is the radius of the star, $T$ is the temperature of the star, $\sig...

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The diagram shows two vectors X and Y, drawn to scale. If X = Y − Z, which diagram best represents the vector Z?

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

The diagram shows a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.) being used to measure the rate of rotation of a flywheel.The flywheel has a small magnet M mount...

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

A student determines the density $\rho$ of steel by taking measurements from a steel wire. mass $m = 6.2 \pm 0.1 \text{ g}$ length $l = 25.0 \pm 0.1 \...

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The acceleration of free fall on the Moon is $1.6 \, \text{m}\,\text{s}^{-2}$. The Moon has no atmosphere. An astronaut standing on the surface of the...

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A tennis ball is released from rest at the top of a tall building. Which graph best represents the variation with time $t$ of the acceleration $a$ of ...

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The graph shows how the velocity $v$ of an object moving in a straight line varies with time $t$ from $t = 0$ to $t = T$. Which graph represents th...

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A ball falls vertically onto horizontal ground and rebounds, as shown. The ball has momentum $p_1$ downwards just before hitting the ground. After ...

2016 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A sphere falls from rest through the air. The graph shows the variation with time of the sphere’s velocity. Which diagram shows the forces ac...

2016 Summer