Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 4 · A Level structured questions
Physics 9702/42 May/June 2026 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 4 (A Level structured questions), variant 2, May/June 2026: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 10 questions worth 100 marks. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 10
- Marks
- 100
File names: 9702_s26_qp_42 · 9702_s26_ms_42
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/42 May/June 2026 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Thermodynamics | 1 | 14 |
| Electric fields | 1 | 13 |
| Nuclear physics | 1 | 11 |
| Motion in a circle | 1 | 10 |
| Ideal gases | 1 | 10 |
| Quantum physics | 1 | 10 |
| Gravitational fields | 1 | 9 |
| Oscillations | 1 | 8 |
| Magnetic fields | 1 | 8 |
| Alternating currents | 1 | 7 |
Questions in 9702/42 May/June 2026
- Question 1
(a) With reference to velocity and acceleration, describe uniform circular motion. (b) An aircraft is travelling in a horizontal circle of radius 7200 m at a speed of …
- Question 2
(a) (i) Define gravitational field at a point. (ii) Figure 2.1 shows a horizontal section through a small piece of ground at the Earth’s surface and the air at a small distance above it. air ground Figure 2.1 On Figure …
- Question 3
(a) Define specific heat capacity. (b) A sample of an ideal gas contains …
- Question 4
(a) State the two assumptions of the kinetic theory of gases that relate to collisions of particles with each other and with the walls of the container of the gas. …
- Question 5
A block of mass 27 g is suspended from a spring so that it rests in equilibrium, as shown in Figure 5.1. spring block, mass 27 g equilibrium position Figure 5.1 The block is displaced downwards through a small distance. …
- Question 6
(a) Define electric potential at a point. (b) An isolated conducting sphere of radius R is in a vacuum. The sphere has a charge of +Q distributed around its surface, as illustrated in Figure …
- Question 7
A Hall probe consists of a slice of conducting material, as shown in Figure …
- Question 8
A sinusoidal alternating input voltage VIN is supplied to a circuit that produces a rectified and smoothed output voltage VOUT . The variations with time t of VIN and VOUT are shown in Figure 8.1 and Figure 8.2 respectively. …
- Question 9
(a) State what is meant by the de Broglie wavelength. (b) Complete Table 9.1 to identify experimental evidence for the wave nature and the particulate nature of matter and of electromagnetic radiation. Table 9.1 evidence for wave nature particle nature …
- Question 10
(a) Define the binding energy of a nucleus. (b) A star emits radiation that is produced in a series of nuclear reactions that form helium from hydrogen. The reactions may be summarised by the overall equation …
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