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 is not an SI base unit?

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

What is the best estimate of the number of atoms in a piece of metal of volume 50 cm$^3$?

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

A copper pipe has a true diameter of 42.03 mm.A builder measures the diameter of the pipe five times using digital calipers. The measurements are show...

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

Two forces, each of 10 N, act at a point P, as shown. The angle between the directions of the forces is 120°. What is the magnitude of the result...

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

One object moves directly from P to R. In a shorter time, a second object moves from P to Q to R. Which statement about the two objects is correct...

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A ball is kicked so that it has an initial velocity of 12 m s⁻¹ at an angle of 50° to horizontal ground. Assume that air resistance is neg...

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A camera drone of mass 1.20 kg hovers at a fixed point above the ground. The drone has four propellers. In a time of 1.00 s, each propeller pushes ...

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

A box rests on the Earth, as shown. Newton’s third law describes how forces of the same type act in pairs. One of the forces of a pair is the w...

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH5 - FORCES, DENSITY & PRESSURE

A small ball is held at the surface of liquid oil in a container. The ball is released from rest and falls through the oil. The ball has velocity $v$....

2023 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

An object of mass $m$, moving at speed $u$ along a frictionless horizontal surface, collides head-on with a stationary object of mass $4m$. After t...

2023 Summer