Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/11 May/June 2021 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 1, May/June 2021: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions worth 40 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 40
- Marks
- 40
- Grade A from
- 27
File names: 9702_s21_qp_11 · 9702_s21_ms_11
Grade thresholds for 9702/11 May/June 2021
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 40). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/11 May/June 2021 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/11 May/June 2021
- Question 1
What is a reasonable estimate of the volume of an adult person? …
- Question 2
Which combination of units could be used for expressing the power dissipated in a resistor? A newton per second …
- Question 3
A force of 10 N and a force of 5 N act on an object. …
- Question 4
A signal of frequency 25 Hz is displayed on the screen of a cathode-ray oscilloscope. 1 cm 1 cm What is the time-base setting? A 10 ms cm–1 B 20 ms cm–1 C 25 ms cm–1 D 40 ms cm–1
- Question 5
A micrometer screw gauge is used to measure the diameter of a wire. The reading on the micrometer with the jaws closed is …
- Question 6
A projectile is launched at an angle to the horizontal at time …
- Question 7
A train, initially at rest at a station, has a uniform acceleration of …
- Question 8
A rocket is fired from the Earth into space. Newton’s third law of motion describes how forces act in pairs. One of the forces of a pair is the weight of the rocket. What is the other force of this …
- Question 9
The graph shows how quantity P varies with quantity Q for a body falling vertically downwards in a uniform gravitational field with air resistance. …
- Question 10
Which quantities are conserved in an inelastic collision? kinetic energy total energy linear momentum A conserved not conserved conserved B conserved not conserved not conserved C not conserved conserved conserved D not conserved conserved not conserved
- Question 11
A charged oil drop is held stationary between two charged parallel plates. charged oil drop top plate bottom plate Which forces act on the oil drop? A both electric and gravitational B electric only C gravitational only D neither electric …
- Question 12
Which pair of forces forms a couple with a torque of …
- Question 13
A uniform rigid bar XZ with negligible mass is 1.20 m long. The bar is pivoted at point P. Three coplanar forces act on the bar as shown. Forces of 16 N and 20 N act perpendicularly to the bar …
- Question 14
Water of depth 9.0 cm is covered by oil of depth 5.0 cm in a measuring cylinder. The density of the water is 1000 kg m–3 and the density of the oil is 800 kg m–3. What is the total …
- Question 15
A rocket is fired upwards. As it accelerates upwards after leaving the launch pad, which forms of energy are changing? A chemical energy, gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy B chemical energy and gravitational potential energy only C chemical energy …
- Question 16
A roll of tape of length 50 m requires a constant force of 20 N to unwrap it. roll of tape tape 20 N What is the work done in unwrapping the whole roll? …
- Question 17
A trolley of mass 600 kg is initially at point P on a slope, at a height of 80 m above ground level, as shown. The trolley is released from rest and moves along the slope, first coming to rest …
- Question 18
An object of weight 15.0 N is pulled along a horizontal surface at a constant velocity of …
- Question 19
The spring constants of four springs are determined by plotting the following graphs of force F against extension …
- Question 20
Forces are applied to the ends of a rod so that its length increases. The variation with force F of the extension e of the rod is shown. …
- Question 21
Two identical waves are produced by sources at points P and Q. The waves travel along different paths to reach point R, as shown. …
- Question 22
A longitudinal wave travelling from left to right has vibrations parallel to the direction of transfer of energy by the wave. The wave can be represented on a graph showing the variation with distance of the displacement of the particles …
- Question 23
A stationary wave is formed from two identical sound waves. A microphone is placed at a position of maximum loudness. It is then moved along the stationary wave from this first position of maximum loudness to the fourth position of …
- Question 24
An ambulance has a siren that emits sound of a constant frequency. The ambulance is moving directly towards a stationary observer. The ambulance decelerates as it is approaching the observer and then accelerates after it has passed the observer. How …
- Question 25
Microwaves in a vacuum travel at speed X and have wavelength of order of magnitude Y. What are the speed and a possible order of magnitude of wavelength of X-rays in a vacuum? speed wavelength …
- Question 26
The diagram shows part of a stationary wave on a string. X and Y are points on the string. The vibrations at X and Y are 180 out of phase. X Y string positions of string when X and Y …
- Question 27
Which wave behaviour is shown in the diagram? sea wall sea beach sea wall horizon wavefronts A diffraction B Doppler shift C interference D superposition
- Question 28
A teacher sets up the apparatus shown to demonstrate a double-slit interference pattern on a screen. …
- Question 29
Light of a single unknown wavelength and blue light of a single wavelength are both incident normally on a diffraction grating. Two diffraction patterns are produced, one for each wavelength of light. The third-order maximum for the blue light occurs …
- Question 30
What is the electric field strength in a region where a proton accelerates at …
- Question 31
- Question 32
Which two units are used to define the coulomb? A ampere and second B ampere and volt C volt and ohm D volt and second
- Question 33
A mobile phone battery is charged by connecting it to a constant potential difference of 5.0 V. After a time of 1.0 hour, the initial current of 0.50 A slowly decreases to zero, as shown. …
- Question 34
A length of wire is connected into an electric circuit. The current in the wire is measured. Which change on its own could increase the current in the wire? A an increase in the length of the wire B an …
- Question 35
A cell is described as having an electromotive force (e.m.f.) of 6 V. What does this mean? A 1 coulomb of charge always dissipates 6 J of energy in the internal resistance of the cell. B 1 electron gains 6 …
- Question 36
The diagram shows a network of resistors. Each resistor has resistance …
- Question 37
Three resistors are connected in series with a battery, as shown. The battery has negligible internal resistance. …
- Question 38
A potentiometer circuit is used to determine the unknown electromotive force (e.m.f.) of a cell X. In the circuit shown, E is a cell with an e.m.f. that is known accurately. QR is the potentiometer wire, which has a movable …
- Question 39
A nucleus of uranium, 235 92U, undergoes a series of decays. During the series of decays, two -particles and one – particle are emitted. As a result, a nucleus of actinium, Ac, is formed. What is the correct notation for …
- Question 40
Which particle is a fundamental particle? A electron B hadron C neutron D proton
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