Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/12 May/June 2023 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 2, May/June 2023: 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
- 29
File names: 9702_s23_qp_12 · 9702_s23_ms_12
Grade thresholds for 9702/12 May/June 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 13 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/12 May/June 2023 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/12 May/June 2023
- Question 1
A stone sinks in water. What is a possible value for the density of the stone? …
- Question 2
Gm, Tm, m and pm are all units of length. Which unit is the largest and which unit is the smallest? largest unit smallest unit A Gm m B Gm pm C Tm m D Tm pm
- Question 3
Two measurements for a solid sphere are shown. mass …
- Question 4
An aircraft travels along a horizontal path. Two of the forces that act horizontally on the aircraft are the thrust force of the engines and the force due to the wind. The vector diagram for these forces is shown. thrust …
- Question 5
A ball travels from point X to point Y around a semicircular track of radius 1.0 m, as shown. …
- Question 6
A rock is launched vertically upwards from the surface of the Earth and an identical rock is launched vertically upwards from the surface of Mars. Each rock is launched with an initial velocity of …
- Question 7
Which statement describes the mass of an object? A the force the object experiences due to gravity B the momentum of the object before a collision C the resistance of the object to changes in motion D the weight of …
- Question 8
A submarine of total mass 3200 kg is at rest underwater. water surface sea bed submarine at rest The total mass of the submarine is suddenly decreased by 200 kg by pumping water out of the submarine horizontally in a …
- Question 9
A box in air slides with increasing speed down a rough slope from point P to point …
- Question 10
Two balls, X and Y, approach each other along the same straight line and collide. The collision is perfectly elastic. Their initial speeds are uX and uY respectively. After the collision they move apart with speeds vX and vY respectively. …
- Question 11
A rod is pivoted at point O. A force F is applied to the rod at point W, as shown. …
- Question 12
A uniform rod XY of weight 10.0 N is freely hinged to a wall at X. It is held horizontal by a force F acting from Y at an angle of 30 to the horizontal, as shown. wall …
- Question 13
Two solid cubes X and Y are made of material of the same density. Cube X has twice the mass of cube Y. Cube X has sides of length x. Cube Y has sides of length y. What is the …
- Question 14
A U-shaped glass tube contains liquid of density 2000 kg m–3, as shown. P liquid, density 2000 kg m–3 6.0 cm 10.0 cm Q tube What is the difference in pressure due to the liquid between levels P and …
- Question 15
A steam turbine is used to drive a generator. The input power to the turbine is PI and the output power is PO. The power loss in the turbine is PL, as shown. input power PI turbine output power PO …
- Question 16
A variable force is applied to ensure that a constant power is supplied to a train. Which graph best shows the variation of the force F applied with the velocity v of the train? …
- Question 17
A block is released from rest and slides a distance x down a straight slope. The slope is at an angle to the horizontal. slope block x The slope is frictionless and air resistance is negligible. The acceleration …
- Question 18
What is meant by the spring constant of a spring? A extension per unit force …
- Question 19
A child holds a thin metal wire that is attached to a kite. The graph shows how the extension of the wire varies with its tension. …
- Question 20
A microphone detects a sound wave. The microphone is connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO). The shape of the trace on the screen of the CRO is shown. Which property of the sound wave can be determined by using only …
- Question 21
A longitudinal wave is travelling from left to right. The graph shows the variation of the displacement of the particles with distance along the wave at one instant in time. Displacements to the right are positive; displacements to the left …
- Question 22
A source X emits a sound wave of constant frequency f. The wave is subsequently received at a stationary detector Y. The frequency of the wave that is detected by Y is less than f. What could be the reason …
- Question 23
A beam of visible light is in a vacuum. What could be the frequency of the light? …
- Question 24
A vertically polarised beam of light of intensity I0 is incident normally on a polarising filter. The transmission axis of the filter is at 45 to the vertical. The beam of light transmitted by this filter is then incident normally …
- Question 25
A stationary wave is formed by two progressive waves travelling in opposite directions along the same line of travel. Which statement about the two progressive waves is not correct? A They must have a constant phase difference. B They must …
- Question 26
The sound from a loudspeaker placed above a tube causes resonance of the air in the tube. A stationary wave is formed with two nodes and two antinodes, as shown. loudspeaker 60 cm The tube has height 60 cm. The …
- Question 27
A continuous progressive water wave in a ripple tank passes through a gap in a barrier and diffracts. The width of the gap is greater than the wavelength of the wave. Which change causes the wave to spread over a …
- Question 28
The diagram shows a view from above of a double-slit interference demonstration. L is a monochromatic light source with a vertical filament. B is a barrier with two narrow vertical slits and S is a screen upon which interference fringes …
- Question 29
Green light of wavelength 550 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating and produces a diffraction pattern on a screen placed 3.5 m from the diffraction grating. The third-order maximum on the screen is a distance of 0.75 m …
- Question 30
Which charge can be carried by a charge carrier? …
- Question 31
A resistor of resistance R is connected across a cell of electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance. Which single change to the circuit would lead to the largest increase in the power dissipated in the resistor? A doubling …
- Question 32
An electrical cable is made up of one thick strand of copper wire that is surrounded by eight thin strands of copper wire. All nine strands of wire are connected in parallel with each other. A cross-section of the cable …
- Question 33
A car has sensors for detecting the light intensity and temperature of its environment. The sensors make use of a light-dependent resistor (LDR) and a thermistor. The car moves from a warm and dark environment into a cold and bright …
- Question 34
A student assembles the circuit shown. lamp 1 lamp 2 Which row describes the state of the two lamps? lamp 1 lamp 2 A off off B on off C off on D on on
- Question 35
Kirchhoff’s first law is a consequence of the conservation of which quantity? A charge B energy C momentum D potential difference
- Question 36
Three identical cells each have electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance. The cells are connected to three identical resistors, each of resistance R, as shown. …
- Question 37
In the potentiometer circuit shown, the reading on the ammeter is zero. A sliding contact uniform metal wire power supply The light-dependent resistor (LDR) is then covered and the ammeter gives a non-zero reading. Which change could return the ammeter …
- Question 38
What are isotopes? A nuclei of different elements with the same number of neutrons B nuclei of different elements with the same number of nucleons C nuclei of the same element with different numbers of neutrons D nuclei of the …
- Question 39
- Question 40
A + meson has a charge of +e, where e is the elementary charge. It consists of an up quark and one other quark. What could be the other quark in the + meson? A anti-down B anti-up C bottom …
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