Lahore Grammar School (Islamabad Branch)

Mid-Year Examinations – December 2020

Grade A1

PHYSICS 9702/12

Paper 1 Multiple Choice Mid-year Examinations – December 2020

1 hour 15 mins

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Write in soft pencil.

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There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible
answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil.

Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any working should be done in this booklet.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 40.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document consists of 14 printed pages

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Q1. Which unit is equivalent to the coulomb?

A ampere per second

B joule per volt

C watt per ampere

D watt per volt

Q2. The resistance R of an unknown resistor is found by measuring the potential difference
V across the resistor and the current I through it and using the equation R = V/I . The
voltmeter reading has a 3% uncertainty and the ammeter reading has a 2% uncertainty.
What is the uncertainty in the calculated resistance?

A 1.5% B 3% C 5% D 6% j6/

Q3. A student uses a digital ammeter to measure a current. The reading of the ammeter is
found to fluctuate between 1.98A and 2.02A. The manufacturer of the ammeter states that
any reading has a systematic uncertainty of ±1%.
Which value of current should be quoted by the student?

A (2.00 ± 0.01) A B (2.00 ± 0.02) A C (2.00 ± 0.03)A. D (2.00 ± 0.04)A

Q4. Two forces of equal magnitude are represented by two coplanar vectors. One is
directed towards the east and the other is directed towards the north. What is the
direction of a single force that will balance these two forces?

A towards the north-east

B towards the north-west

C towards the south-east

D towards the south-west

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Q5. Which two vector diagrams represent forces in equilibrium?

A P and Q B Q and R

C R and S D S and P

Q6. An object has an initial velocity u. It is subjected to a constant force F for t seconds,
causing a constant acceleration a. The force is not in the same direction as the initial velocity.
A vector diagram is drawn to find the final velocity v

What is the length of side X of the vector diagram?

AF B Ft C at D u + at

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Q7. A pendulum bob is held stationary by a horizontal force H. The three forces acting on
the bob are shown in the diagram.

The tension in the string of the pendulum is T. The weight of the pendulum bob is W. Which

statement is correct?

Q8. A mass m has acceleration a. It moves through a distance s in time t. The power used in
accelerating the mass is equal to the product of force and velocity. The percentage
uncertainties are 0.1% in m, 1% in a, 1.5% in s, 0.5% in t.
What is the percentage uncertainty in the average power?

A 2.1% B 2.6% C 3.1% D 4.1%

Q9 .The speed of an aeroplane in still air is 200kmh–1. The wind blows from the west at a
speed of 85.0kmh–1. In which direction must the pilot steer the aeroplane in order to fly
due north?

A 23.0° east of north

B 23.0° west of north
C 25.2° east of north
D 25.2° west of north

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Q10. The speedometer in a car consists of a pointer which rotates.
The pointer is situated several millimetres from a calibrated scale.
What could cause a random error in the driver’s measurement of the car’s speed?
A The car’s speed is affected by the wind direction.
B The driver’s eye is not always in the same position in relation to the pointer.
C The speedometer does not read zero when the car is at rest.
D The speedometer reads 10% higher than the car’s actual speed.

Q11. A boy throws a ball vertically upwards. It rises to a maximum height, where it is
momentarily at rest, and falls back to his hands. Which of the following gives the
acceleration of the ball at various stages in its motion? Take vertically upwards as positive.
Neglect air resistance.

Q12. A cupboard is attached to a wall by a screw. Which force diagram shows the
cupboard in equilibrium, with the weight W of the cupboard, the force S that the screw
exerts on the cupboard and the force R that the wall exerts on the cupboard?

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Q13. Variables x and y are related by the equation y = p – qx where p and q are constants.
Values of x and y are measured experimentally.
The results contain a systematic error. Which graph best represents these results?

Q14. The diagrams show the forces acting on different bodies. Which body cannot be in
equilibrium?

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Q15. A student makes measurements from which she calculates the speed of sound as
327.66
𝑚𝑠–1. She estimates that her result is accurate to ±3 %.
Which of the following gives her result expressed to the appropriate number of significant
figures?

𝐴 327.7 𝑚 𝑠–1 𝐵 328 𝑚 𝑠–1 𝐶 330 𝑚 𝑠–1 𝐷 300 𝑚 𝑠–1

Q16 . A student finds the density of a liquid by measuring its mass and its volume. The
following is a summary of his measurements.
mass of empty beaker = (20 ± 1) g
mass of beaker + liquid = (70 ± 1)g
volume of liquid = (10.0 ± 0.6) cm3
He correctly calculates the density of the liquid as 5.0gcm–3.
What is the uncertainty in this value?
𝐴 0.3𝑔𝑐𝑚–3 𝐵 0.5𝑔𝑐𝑚–3 𝐶 0.6𝑔𝑐𝑚–3 𝐷 2.6𝑔𝑐𝑚–3

Q17. The diagram shows two complete pulses on the screen of a cathode-ray oscilloscope. A
grid of 1cm squares covers the screen. The time-base setting is 1µs cm–1.

How long does each pulse last?

A 2µs B 3µs C 4µs D 6µs

Q18A sprinter runs a 100m race in a straight line. He accelerates from the starting block at a
constant
acceleration of 2.5𝑚𝑠 –2 to reach his maximum speed of 10𝑚𝑠 −1 . He maintains this speed
until he
crosses the finish line. Which time does it take the sprinter to run the race?

A 4s B 10s C 12s D 20s

Q19. A body having uniform acceleration a increases its velocity from u to v in time t. Which
expression would not give a correct value for the body’s displacement during time t ?

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Q20. An object is thrown with velocity 5.2ms–1 vertically upwards on the Moon. The
acceleration due
to gravity on the Moon is 1.62𝑚𝑠 –2 . What is the time taken for the object to return to its
starting point?

A 2.5s B 3.2s. C 4.5s D 6.4s

Q21. A double-ended launching device fires two identical steel balls X and Y at exactly
the same time. The diagram shows the initial velocities of the balls. They are both
launched horizontally, but Y has greater speed.

Which statement explains what an observer would see?

A Both X and Y reach the ground simultaneously, because air resistance will cause both to
have the same final speed.

B Both X and Y reach the ground simultaneously, because gravitational acceleration is the
same for both.

C X reaches the ground before Y, because X lands nearer to the launcher

D Y reaches the ground before X, because Y has greater initial speed

Q 22. The diagram shows a laboratory experiment in which a feather falls from rest in a
long evacuated
vertical tube of length L.

The feather takes time T to fall from the top to the bottom of the tube. How far will the
feather have fallen from the top of the tube in time 0.50T?

A 0.13L B 0.25L C 0.38L D 0.50L

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Q23. A motorcycle stunt-rider moving horizontally takes off from a point 1.25m above
the ground, landing 10m away as shown.

What was the speed at take-off?

𝐴 5𝑚𝑠 −1 𝐵 10𝑚𝑠 –1 𝐶 15𝑚𝑠 –1 𝐷 20𝑚𝑠 –1

Q24. In order that a train can stop safely, it will always pass a signal showing a yellow light
before it reaches a signal showing a red light. Drivers apply the brake at the yellow light and
this results in a uniform deceleration to stop exactly at the red light. The distance between
the red and yellow lights is x. What must be the minimum distance between the lights if the
train speed is increased by 20 %,
without changing the deceleration of the trains?
A 1.20x B 1.25x. C 1.44x D 1.56x

Q25. A person, travelling on a motorway a total distance of 200km, travels the first 90km at
an average speed of 80kmh–1. Which average speed must be obtained for the rest of the
journey if the person is to reach the destination in a total time of 2 hours 0 minutes?
𝐴 110𝑘𝑚ℎ–1 𝐵 120𝑘𝑚ℎ–1 𝐶 122𝑘𝑚ℎ–1 𝐷 126𝑘𝑚ℎ–1

Q26.The acceleration of free fall on the Moon is one-sixth of that on Earth.

On Earth it takes time t for a stone to fall from rest a distance of 2m. What is the time taken
for a stone to fall from rest a distance of 2m on the Moon?

Q27. A projectile is launched at 45° to the horizontal with initial kinetic energy E. Assuming
air resistance to be negligible, what will be the kinetic energy of the projectile when it
reaches its highest point?

A 0.50E B 0.71E C 0.87E DE

Q28.A ball of mass m is thrown up to height h in air with an initial velocity v, as shown.

Air resistance is considered negligible. The acceleration of free fall is g. What is the total
work done by the gravitational force on the ball during its flight from P to Q?

A zero 𝐵 ½𝑚𝑣 2 C mgh D 2mgh

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 Q29. The spring constant k of a coiled wire spring is given by the equation

where r is the radius of the wire, n is the number of turns of wire and R is the radius of each
of the turns of wire. The quantity G depends on the material from which the wire is made.
What is a suitable unit for G?

𝐴 𝑁𝑚–2 𝐵 𝑁𝑚–1 𝐶𝑁𝑚 𝐷 𝑁𝑚2

Q30. A cylindrical tube rolling down a slope of inclination θ moves a distance L in time
T. The equation relating these quantities is
Where a is the internal radius of the tube and P and Q are constants. Which line gives the
correct units for P and Q?

Q31. Water is pumped through a hose-pipe at a rate of 90kg per minute. It emerges
from thehose-pipe horizontally with a speed of 20𝑚𝑠–1.Which force is required from a
person holding the hose-pipe to prevent it moving backwards?

A 30N B 270N C 1800N D 10 800N

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Q32. A golf ball of mass m is dropped onto a hard surface from a height h1 and rebounds
to a height h2.The momentum of the golf ball just as it reaches the surface is different from
its momentum just
as it leaves the surface. What is the total change in the momentum of the golf ball between
these two instants? (Ignore air resistance.)

Q33. A particle of mass 2m and velocity v strikes a wall.

The particle rebounds along the same path after colliding with the wall. The collision is
inelastic. What is a possible change in the momentum of the ball during the collision?
A mv B 2mv C 3mv D 4mv

Q34. The diagrams show two ways of hanging the same picture.

In both cases, a string is attached to the same points on the picture and looped
symmetrically over a nail in a wall. The forces shown are those that act on the nail. In
diagram 1, the string loop is shorter than in diagram 2.
Which information about the magnitude of the forces is correct?

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Q35. A supermarket trolley, total mass 30 kg, is moving at 3.0 𝑚 𝑠 –1. A retarding force of 60
N is applied to the trolley for 0.50s in the opposite direction to the trolley’s initial velocity.
What is the trolley’s new velocity after the application of the force?

𝐴 1.0𝑚𝑠 –1 𝐵 1.5𝑚𝑠 –1 𝐶 2.0𝑚𝑠 –1 𝐷 2.8 𝑚𝑠 –1

Q36. Which is not one of Newton's laws of motion?

A The total momentum of a system of interacting bodies remains constant, providing no
external force acts.
B The rate of change of momentum of a body is directly proportional to the external force
acting on the body and takes place in the direction of the force.

C If body A exerts a force on body B, then body B exerts an equal and oppositely-directed
force on body A.

D A body continues in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon
by some external force.

Q37. Two equal masses travel towards each other on a frictionless air track at speeds of
1
60 𝑐𝑚 𝑠– and
40𝑐𝑚𝑠 –1 . They stick together on impact.

What is the speed of the masses after impact? A 10cms–1 B 20cms–1 C 40cms–1 D 50cms–1

Q38. A cyclist is riding at a steady 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?
A the force exerted by the cyclist on the pedals
B the forward push of the road on the back wheel
C the tension in the cycle chain
D the total air resistance and friction force

Q39. In perfectly elastic collisions between two atoms, it is always true to say that
A the initial speed of one atom will be the same as the final speed of the other atom.
B the relative speed of approach between the two atoms equals their relative speed of
separation.
C the total momentum must be conserved, but a small amount of the total kinetic energy may
be lost in the collision.
D whatever their initial states of motion, neither atom can be stationary after the collision.

Q40. Two railway trucks of masses m and 3m move towards each other in opposite directions
with speeds 2v and v respectively. These trucks collide and stick together.
What is the speed of the trucks after the collision?

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