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 unit can be expressed in base units as kg m^2 s^{-2}?

2019 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 and $\si...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

A particle has velocity $V$ at an angle $\theta$ to the horizontal. The components of the particle’s velocity are $V_v$ upwards in the vertical dire...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH14 - WAVES

A whale produces sound waves of frequency 5 Hz. The waves are detected by a microphone and displayed on an oscilloscope. What is the time-base sett...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

The speed shown on a car's speedometer is proportional to the rate of rotation of the tyres. The variation of the diameter of a tyre as it wears intro...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A car travels along a straight horizontal road. The graph shows the variation of the velocity $v$ of the car with time $t$ for 6.0 s of its journey. ...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a cliff and falls into the sea some time later. Air resistance is negligible. Which graph shows how th...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH17 - ELECTRIC FIELDS

A positive charge of $2.6 \times 10^{-8} \text{ C}$ is in a uniform electric field of field strength $300000 \text{ Vm}^{-1}$. How much work must be ...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

Each diagram illustrates a pair of forces of equal magnitude. Which diagram gives an example of a pair of forces that is described by Newton's third ...

2019 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A stone is dropped from a tall building. Air resistance is significant. The variation of distance fallen with time is shown by the dashed line. A sec...

2019 Summer