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

A student creates a table to show reasonable estimates of some physical quantities. Which row is not a reasonable estimate? [Table_1]

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A particle travels in a straight line with speed $v$. The particle slows down and changes direction. The new speed of the particle is $\frac{v}{2}$. ...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The speed $v$ of a liquid leaving a tube depends on the change in pressure $\Delta P$ and the density $\rho$ of the liquid. The speed is given by the ...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

The values of displacement, velocity and acceleration of a vehicle can be deduced from graphs representing its motion. Often the areas under these gra...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A ball is released from rest above a hard, horizontal surface. The graph shows how the velocity of the bouncing ball varies with time. At which point...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A ball is kicked upwards at an angle of 45° to horizontal ground. After a short flight, the ball returns to the ground. It may be assumed that ai...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

The mass of a rocket-propelled truck is approximately equal to the mass of the fuel in its tank. The fuel is ignited and the truck is propelled along ...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

An object is dropped at time $t = 0$ from a high building. Air resistance is significant. Three graphs are plotted against time. The height of the...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

A student attempts to find the density $\rho$ of aluminium by taking measurements of a rectangular sheet. mass $m = 51.6 \pm 0.1$ g length $l = 100.0 ...

2017 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

The graph shows how the momentum of a motorcycle changes with time. What is the resultant force on the motorcycle? 

2017 Summer