Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/13 Oct/Nov 2021 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 3, Oct/Nov 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
- 26
File names: 9702_w21_qp_13 · 9702_w21_ms_13
Grade thresholds for 9702/13 Oct/Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 12 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/13 Oct/Nov 2021 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/13 Oct/Nov 2021
- Question 1
A paperback book contains 210 sheets of paper (pages). Its thickness is measured with a ruler, as shown. 1 0 cm …
- Question 2
What is the unit of resistance when expressed in SI base units? A kg–1 …
- Question 3
Which list consists only of scalar quantities? A acceleration, displacement, force, weight B density, energy, frequency, velocity C distance, pressure, temperature, time D momentum, power, volume, wavelength
- Question 4
The output of a signal generator is connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO). A trace is shown on the screen. 1.0 cm 1.0 cm The time-base of the CRO is set at 2.00 ms cm–1. What is the frequency of …
- Question 5
After measuring the width of a shelf to be 305 mm, it is found that the graduations on the ruler used are 1.0% further apart than they should be. Which type of measurement error is this and what is the …
- Question 6
The graph shows the variation with time of the acceleration of a car. acceleration time 0 0 What must the shaded area under the graph represent? A the average velocity of the car B the change in velocity of the …
- Question 7
A stone is thrown horizontally off a cliff and then lands in the sea. Air resistance is negligible. Which statement about the stone’s motion is not correct? A The final displacement of the stone depends upon its initial horizontal velocity. …
- Question 8
Water is pumped through a hose-pipe at a rate of 90 kg per minute. Water emerges horizontally from the hose-pipe with a speed of …
- Question 9
A skydiver leaves a stationary balloon and falls vertically through a long distance. Which graph best represents the variation of the acceleration a of the skydiver with the distance s travelled as she falls through the air? …
- Question 10
The diagram shows two spheres approaching each other head-on. Each sphere has speed u. One sphere has mass 2m and the other has mass …
- Question 11
A spherical object falls through water at a constant speed. Three forces act on the object. Which diagram, showing these three forces to scale, is correct? …
- Question 12
Two forces act as a couple. Which statement about the two forces must not be correct? A They act along the same straight line. B They act in opposite directions. C They are the same type of force. D They …
- Question 13
A sign outside a shop is suspended from a rusty horizontal hinge at its top end. The sign hangs in equilibrium at an angle of 25 to the vertical, as shown. 25 hinge sign The sign is a square of …
- Question 14
A uniform rod of length 200 cm is freely pivoted at point P. The rod is held horizontally in equilibrium by …
- Question 15
The diagram shows two blocks X and Y. block X block …
- Question 16
A gas is contained inside a syringe, as shown. syringe gas The initial volume of the gas is 2.00 cm3. Atmospheric pressure is 101 kPa. What is the work done by the gas on the atmosphere when the gas is …
- Question 17
A mechanical device does useful work at rate X and wastes energy at rate Y. Which expression gives the efficiency of this device? …
- Question 18
Car P has kinetic energy 240 kJ. Car Q has half the mass and twice the speed of car P. What is the kinetic energy of car …
- Question 19
A water pump is driven by an engine. The pump raises a volume of 0.50 m3 of water in 1.0 minute from a depth of 30 m. The pump has an efficiency of 70%. The density of water is 1000 …
- Question 20
Which spring combination has an overall spring constant of …
- Question 21
A metal wire is stretched to breaking point and the force–extension graph is plotted. Which graph is correctly labelled with the elastic region, the plastic region and the area representing the work done to stretch the wire until it breaks? …
- Question 22
A longitudinal wave travels through a long spring. The spring is shown at one instant. What is the wavelength of the wave? …
- Question 23
Which statement about waves is correct? A Both longitudinal and transverse waves can travel through a vacuum. B Both longitudinal and transverse waves transfer matter. C Longitudinal progressive waves consist of alternate nodes and antinodes. D The particles of a …
- Question 24
A stationary sound wave is formed in a pipe that is closed at one end and open at the other end. The wave has two antinodes. One of these antinodes is at the open end of the pipe. The length …
- Question 25
A train travels at constant speed along a straight track. The train’s horn emits sound of frequency 500 Hz. A person standing by the side of the track hears sound of frequency 450 Hz. The speed of sound in air …
- Question 26
A smooth surface has bumps on the surface that are smaller than the wavelength of visible light. What is the approximate maximum size of the largest bumps on the surface? A 20 nm B 350 nm C 720 nm …
- Question 27
Two progressive waves travel in opposite directions and form a stationary wave. The graph shows the variation with distance x of the displacement of the stationary wave and of one of the two progressive waves at the same instant in …
- Question 28
Which diagram shows the diffraction of water waves in a ripple tank? …
- Question 29
Interference fringes are produced on a screen by double-slit interference using light of wavelength 600 nm. The fringe separation is 4.0 mm and the separation of the slits is 0.60 mm. What is the distance between the double slit and …
- Question 30
A ray of green light is incident normally on a diffraction grating. Several bright spots are produced on a screen on the other side of the grating, as shown. ray of green light diffraction grating screen NOT TO SCALE bright …
- Question 31
Two parallel metal plates are at electric potentials of +800 V and +1300 V. Which diagram best represents the electric field between the metal plates? …
- Question 32
An electron is in a uniform electric field of field strength …
- Question 33
- Question 34
A cell has an electromotive force (e.m.f.) of 6 V and internal resistance R. An external resistor, also of resistance R, is connected across this cell, as shown. …
- Question 35
A wire of uniform cross-section has resistance R. A second wire is made of the same material but is twice as long and has twice the diameter of the first wire. What is the resistance of the second wire? …
- Question 36
The diagram shows two resistor networks. 2R network …
- Question 37
The circuit shown contains three cells of electromotive forces …
- Question 38
When -particles are fired at a thin metal foil, most of the particles pass straight through but a few are deflected by a large angle. Which change would increase the proportion of -particles deflected by a large angle? A using …
- Question 39
A nucleus of neptunium-236 contains 93 protons and 143 neutrons. This nucleus decays with the emission of an -particle. The nucleus formed then emits a – particle. Which diagram shows the changes in the number P of protons and the …
- Question 40
Which combination of quarks could not be the quark composition of the hadron shown? p = proton n = neutron – = sigma particle of charge …
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