Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2024 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 2, Oct/Nov 2024: 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_w24_qp_12 · 9702_w24_ms_12
Grade thresholds for 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2024
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 | 22 | 19 | 16 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2024 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 8 | 8 |
| Work, energy and power | 6 | 6 |
| Waves | 6 | 6 |
| Kinematics | 5 | 5 |
| Dynamics | 4 | 4 |
| Forces, density and pressure | 3 | 3 |
| Deformation of solids | 3 | 3 |
| Particle physics | 3 | 3 |
| Physical quantities and units | 1 | 1 |
| Superposition | 1 | 1 |
Questions in 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2024
- Question 1
A physical quantity consists of a magnitude and a unit. Which row does not show a correct combination of a quantity and its unit? quantity unit A mass gram B length metre C charge ampere D temperature kelvin
- Question 2
A small car travels in a town. What is a reasonable estimate of the kinetic energy of the car? …
- Question 3
A solid bar has a square cross-section. Its length is measured as …
- Question 4
The graph shows how the acceleration of an object moving in a straight line varies with time. acceleration time 0 0 The object starts from rest. Which graph shows the variation with time of the velocity of the object over …
- Question 5
A stone falls vertically from rest. Air resistance is negligible. What is the speed of the stone when it has fallen through a distance of …
- Question 6
A ball is thrown horizontally off a tall building. The ground is horizontal. Air resistance is negligible. Which statement about the motion of the ball is correct? A The acceleration of the ball is always at right angles to the …
- Question 7
A moving object strikes a stationary object. The collision is inelastic. The objects move off together. Assume that the two objects form an isolated system. Which row shows the possible values of total momentum and total kinetic energy for the …
- Question 8
The graph shows how a quantity Y varies with a quantity X for an object falling vertically at its terminal velocity towards the surface of the Earth. …
- Question 9
A ball of mass 2.0 kg travels horizontally with a speed of …
- Question 10
Two train carriages each of mass 5000 kg roll toward one another on a horizontal frictionless track. One is travelling at a speed of …
- Question 11
Which single condition must apply for an object to be in equilibrium? A The object has a constant non-zero acceleration. B The object is stationary. C There are no forces acting on the object. D The resultant force acting on …
- Question 12
A kite is in equilibrium at the end of a string, as shown. W string kite The kite has three forces acting on it: the weight W, the tension T in the string, and the force F from the wind. …
- Question 13
Four forces act about a point P, as shown. …
- Question 14
A rectangular block of lead of density …
- Question 15
What is the definition of power? A work done in one second B work done in unit time C work done per second D work done per unit time
- Question 16
A model car travels at a constant velocity of …
- Question 17
Which statement represents the principle of conservation of energy? A Energy cannot be used faster than it is created. B The supply of energy is limited, so energy must be conserved. C The total energy in a closed system is …
- Question 18
A barrel of mass 50 kg is loaded onto the back of a lorry 1.6 m high by pushing it up a frictionless plank 3.4 m long. 1.6 m plank 3.4 m barrel mass = 50 kg lorry What is …
- Question 19
What is a unit for stress? A kg …
- Question 20
The graph shows the relationship between stress and strain for three wires of the same linear dimensions but made from different materials. stress strain …
- Question 21
Four solid steel rods equally support an object weighing 10 kN. Each rod is of length 2.0 m and cross-sectional area 250 mm2. The weight of the object causes the rods to contract by 0.10 mm. The rods obey Hooke’s …
- Question 22
The graph shows how the length of a spring varies with the force applied to it. Two areas P and Q are labelled. length force …
- Question 23
A horizontal beam of vertically polarised light of amplitude A is incident normally on a polarising filter. The transmission axis of the filter is at an angle of 50 to the vertical. What is the amplitude of the light in …
- Question 24
A progressive longitudinal sound wave moves through air. The diagram shows the positions of the air particles along part of the wave at one instant. …
- Question 25
An electromagnetic wave in free space has a frequency of …
- Question 26
A source of sound emits waves of a constant frequency. The source moves at a constant speed in a straight line relative to a stationary observer. Which velocity of the source gives the smallest observed frequency? speed …
- Question 27
What could describe the time-base of a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO)? A the frequency per division on the screen B the number of divisions on the screen per unit frequency C the number of divisions on the screen per unit time …
- Question 28
What happens when two waves superpose at a point? A Their amplitudes are added together. B Their displacements are added together. C Their frequencies are added together. D Their velocities are added together.
- Question 29
An electromagnetic wave is diffracted as it passes through a single slit. The width of the slit is larger than the wavelength of the wave. Which change will decrease the amount of diffraction of the wave? A Decrease the frequency …
- Question 30
The diagram shows visible light incident normally on a diffraction grating. diffraction grating incident light not to scale centre line screen centre of fourth order intensity maximum 53 A pattern of intensity maxima forms on the screen. A line connecting …
- Question 31
A horizontal glass tube, closed at one end, has a layer of dust laid inside it on its lower side. Sound is emitted from a loudspeaker that is placed near the open end of the tube. The frequency of the …
- Question 32
There is a current in a resistor for a short time interval. Which statement about the total charge that passes through the resistor is correct? A It can take any value. B It is an integer multiple of the elementary …
- Question 33
The potential difference V across a filament lamp is slowly raised from zero to its normal operating value. Which graph represents the variation with V of the current I in the lamp? …
- Question 34
An electric current of 12 A is in a wire of length 0.35 m. The average drift speed of the free electrons (charge carriers) in the wire is …
- Question 35
Three resistors are connected to a cell of negligible internal resistance. Which circuit has a combined resistance of …
- Question 36
Each of Kirchhoff’s laws is a statement based on the conservation of a physical quantity. Which quantity is conserved in each law? Kirchhoff’s first law Kirchhoff’s second law A charge energy B energy current C power charge D resistance power
- Question 37
A cell with electromotive force …
- Question 38
What is not a quark flavour? A charm B meson C strange D up
- Question 39
How many down quarks are in a nucleus of hydrogen-3, …
- Question 40
An isotope of boron decays to beryllium by + emission. Which particle is emitted in addition to the + particle? A antineutrino B electron C neutrino D neutron
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