Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/13 May/June 2021 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 3, 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
- 30
File names: 9702_s21_qp_13 · 9702_s21_ms_13
Grade thresholds for 9702/13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 14 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/13 May/June 2021 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/13 May/June 2021
- Question 1
What is a reasonable estimate of the kinetic energy of an Olympic athlete sprinting in …
- Question 2
What is a unit of momentum? A kg …
- Question 3
What is the horizontal component of the force shown? …
- Question 4
The diagram shows two readings on a micrometer. …
- Question 5
The diameter of a circular disc is measured as …
- Question 6
The diagram shows a velocity–time graph for a car. …
- Question 7
A steel ball is dropped from rest from a height h above the ground. The ball hits the ground after a time t. This is repeated for a number of different heights. The graph shows the variation of h with …
- Question 8
Two masses, M and m, are connected by an inextensible string which passes over a frictionless pulley. Mass M rests on a frictionless slope, as shown. …
- Question 9
The weights and masses of four different objects on the surfaces of four different planets are shown. Which planet has the lowest value of acceleration of free fall at its surface? weight mass A 40 mN …
- Question 10
A rock in deep space is travelling towards a distant star and collides with a stationary spacecraft. What is not a possible outcome of the collision? A The rock becomes stationary and the spacecraft moves towards the star. B The …
- Question 11
A steel ball is falling at a constant (terminal) speed in still air. The forces acting on the ball are upthrust, viscous drag and weight. What is the order of increasing magnitude of these three forces? A upthrust viscous …
- Question 12
What is a couple? A a pair of equal forces acting in the same direction but along different lines B a pair of forces that are equal and opposite but acting along different lines C a pair of forces that …
- Question 13
Four coplanar forces act on a rigid rod, as shown. The rod is hinged at P. Which force produces the greatest moment about point …
- Question 14
A book of weight W has a rectangular shape and is of uniform thickness. The book is held in a vertical plane so that the longer sides of the book are vertical, as shown. b a hand book Which expression …
- Question 15
The derivation of the pressure equation …
- Question 16
A spring is initially neither compressed nor extended. A force can be applied to this spring so that it is either compressed to a shorter length or extended to a longer length. What is the change in the elastic potential …
- Question 17
A sample of gas is sealed in a cylinder by a piston. The frictionless piston is free to move, so that the pressure of the gas remains constant at …
- Question 18
A car of mass 500 kg is at rest at point X on a slope, as shown. The car’s brakes are released and the car rolls down the slope with its engine switched off. At point Y the car has …
- Question 19
Which expression cannot be used to calculate power? A (force displacement) time B force velocity C work done time D work done velocity
- Question 20
The stress in a material is given by the equation shown. …
- Question 21
What is an example of plastic deformation? A A rubber ball is momentarily compressed every time it hits the ground. B A spoon stirring some coffee in a ceramic mug hits its surface and makes a clinking sound. C A …
- Question 22
A transverse progressive wave of wavelength is set up on a stretched string. The graph shows the variation of displacement y with distance x at a particular instant of time. The wave has displacement +y1 at distance …
- Question 23
The graph shows the variation with time of the displacement of an air particle as a progressive sound wave passes through the air. The speed of sound in air is …
- Question 24
A microphone is connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO). A sound wave of constant frequency is detected by the microphone. The screen of the CRO is shown. 1.0 cm 1.0 cm The time-base is set at 1.0 ms cm–1. What …
- Question 25
A train’s whistle is emitting sound of frequency 500 Hz as the train moves with a speed of …
- Question 26
Gamma-rays, microwaves, visible light and X-rays are four regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Which list shows these four regions in order of increasing wavelength? A microwaves visible light X-rays gamma-rays B gamma-rays X-rays visible light …
- Question 27
To produce a stationary wave, two waves must travel in opposite directions through the same space. Which statement about the properties of the two waves must also be correct? A The waves must have equal frequencies, but different speeds and …
- Question 28
- Question 29
A double-slit interference pattern using red light of wavelength …
- Question 30
A beam of light of a single wavelength is incident normally on a diffraction grating. The angle of diffraction is measured for each order of diffraction n. The distance between adjacent slits in the diffraction grating is d. A …
- Question 31
A particle has a charge of +2.0 mC and is in a vertical uniform electric field. An electric force of …
- Question 32
The diagram shows two parallel metal plates connected to a d.c. power supply through a resistor. + – There is a uniform electric field in the region between the plates. Which change would cause a decrease in the strength of …
- Question 33
A wire has a length of 12 cm and contains a total of …
- Question 34
A battery is marked 9.0 V. What does this mean? A Each coulomb of charge from the battery supplies 9.0 J of electrical energy to the whole circuit. B The battery supplies 9.0 J of electrical energy to an external …
- Question 35
The diagram shows a circuit containing two batteries connected together. …
- Question 36
The circuit shown includes a cell of constant internal resistance and an external resistor R. R cell …
- Question 37
A battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance is connected to four resistors of resistances …
- Question 38
In the circuit shown, a potentiometer of total resistance 120 is connected in parallel with a resistor of resistance 150 and a resistor of resistance R. The battery has electromotive force …
- Question 39
A beam of -particles is incident on a thin gold foil. One -particle collides head-on with a gold nucleus and is deflected back along its original path. Which statement could explain why the recoil speed of the gold nucleus is …
- Question 40
A hadron is composed of three quarks. The hadron has a charge. What is a possible quark composition of the hadron? A down, down, up B down, up, strange C up, strange, strange D up, up, strange
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