Section A (Answer all the questions)

1. Diagram 1 shows the zero error of the vernier callipers.

Diagram 1
What is the suitable way to correct the zero error?
A. Deduct 0.04 cm from the reading.
C. Add 0.04 cm to the reading.
B. Deduct 0.06 cm from the reading.
D. Add 0.06 cm to the reading.
2. Which of the measuring instruments is not used to measure the density of a metal
cube?
A. Ruler
C. Triple beam balance
B. Stop watch
3. The relationship between the work done, W and the extension of a spring, x is given
by the equation

, where k is the spring constant. What is the unit of k?

A. kgm-1
B. kgm-2

C. Nm-1
D. Nm-2

4. Table 1 shows the number of scores won by four teams, P, Q, R and S, in three
matches.
Team
P
Q
R
S

Match 1
1
0
2
1

Which team shows consistency?

A. P
B. R

Match 2
0
1
1
0

Match 3
2
2
0
1

C. Q
D. S

5. What is a hyphotesis in a physics investigation?

A. A science fact.
C. A statement which is determined
B. A statement which may be
after an experiment is carried out.
right or wrong.
D. A statement which does not need to be
proved.

6. Diagram 2 shows a hammer of mass 0.4 kg is raised vertically to the height of 100 cm.
What is the work done to raise the hammer?
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A. 0.4 J
B. 4.0 J

C. 40.0 J
D. 400.00 J

Diagram 2
7. Diagram 3 shows a water sprinkler system
The sprinkler works based on
A. The principle of conservation of
energy
B. The concept of inertia.
C. The effects of impulse and impulsive
force.
D. The principle of conservation of
momentum.
Diagram 3
8. A bicycle and cyclist have a total mass of 120 kg. What is their kinetic energy when
travelling at 15 ms-1?
A. 900 J
C. 2700 J
B. 1350 J
D. 13 500 J
9. Diagram 4 shows the motion of a toy car. Which statement is false?

Diagram 4
A.
B.
C.
D.

The acceleration of the object is 1 ms-1.

The distance travel in the first 3 seconds is 4.5 m
The acceleration of this object at the 3th second is 3 ms-2.
The total distance travelled by the object is 15 m.

10. Diagram 5 shows the situation of a student standing in a lift that is moving upwards
with an acceleration f a ms-2.

Diagram 5
Normal reaction, R, acting on the student is
A. mg
C. m(g a)
B. m(g + a)
D. m(a g)
11. Diagram 6 shows two identical springs arranged parallel to each other. A load of 40 N
is suspended to the springs. Each spring extends by 4 cm when 10 N is suspended
from it.

Diagram 6
What is the extension of each spring in Diagram 6?
A. 4 cm
C. 8 cm
B. 6 cm
D. 12 cm
12. A farmer is moving a wheelbarrow along a muddy road. Which diagram shows the
most suitable way of doing this?

13. Which physical quantity must change when a bus is accelerating?

A. Mass
C. Force
B. Speed
D. Velocity
14. A boy starts from rest and moves with uniform acceleration until he reaches a velocity
of 30 ms-1 in 5 seconds. What is the distance travelled by the boy?
A. 10.0 m
C. 50.0 m
B. 15.0 m
D. 75.0 m
15. Why are the strings of a badminton racket fixed in a tight condition?
A. To increase the impact time with the shuttlecock
B. To reduce the impact time with the shuttlecock
C. To reduce the momentum with the shuttlecock
D. To increase the fricton with the shuttlecock
16. Diagram 7 shows a student with a mass of 60 kg climbing a rope to a height of 4 m in
30 s.
How much power is generated by the students?
A. 8 W
C. 80 W
B. 15 W
D. 800 W

Diagram 7
17. Diagram 8 shows a marble being released from a point H

Diagram 8
What is the velocity at point K?
A. 0.9 ms-1
B. 3.0 ms-1

C. 2.1 ms-1
D. 4.2 ms-1

18. Diagram 9 shows a trolley of 2 kg mass pulled by a weight of 1 kg through a smooth

pulley.\

Diagram 9
What is the acceleration of the trolley?
A. 0.5 ms-2
C. 4.0 ms-2
B. 2.7 ms-2
D. 6.7 ms-2
19. Diagram 10 shows a simple mercury barometer. The barometer reading is h cm of
mercury.
What physical quantity is measured by h?
A. Atmospheric presure
B. Mercury ppressure
C. Gas pressure

Diagram 10
20. If the total surface area of a boy is 1.5 m 2, what is the total force acting on him when
he is under the normal atmospheric pressure? (Given : 1 atm = 105)
A. 1.5 N
C. 1.5 X 105 N
B. 1500 N
D. 1.5 X 107 N
21. Containers A,B and C in Diagram 11 are filled with oil, mercury and water
respectively.

Diagram 11
Which statement is true if the liquids have the same volume?
A. The liquid pressure is the same in A, B and C.
B. The force acting in B is the greatest.
C. If the liquids in A, B, and C are heated, the pressure will depend on the rate of
expansion.
D. The presssure in C will not change when salt is dissolve in it.
22. Diagram 12 shows a box on a raft floating on a water surface.
Which relationship is true about
T
the weight of the water displaced,
W3?
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A. W3 = W1 W2
B. W3 > W1 + W2
C. W3 = W1 + W2
D. W3 < W1 + W2
Diagram 12
23. Diagram 13 shows a perfume sprayer.
Which statement is true?
A. The air pressure at Q is lower than the
air pressure at P
B. The air pressure at P is lower than air
pressure at Q
C. The perfume sprayer uses Pascals
Diagram 13
Principle
24. Diagram 14 shows a barrel filled with a type of oil to a depth of 20 cm. The crosssectional area of the barrel is A m2 and the density of the oil is 800 kg m-3.
What is the pressure exerted by the
oil on the base of the barrel?
A. 160 Pa
B. 400 Pa

C. 1600 Pa
D. 160 000 Pa

Diagram 14
25. Which graph shows the correct relationship between the liquid pressure, P and density,
of liquid at the same depth?

26. Diagram 15 shows a hot-air balloon floating at a constant height.

Which of the following relationship is true?

A. Upthrust = Weight of balloon
B. Upthrust = Mass of balloon
C. Upthrust = Volume of balloon
D. Upthrust = Density of balloon
Diagram 15
27. What happens to the gas molecules in a balloon at room temperature when the balloon
is placed inside a freezer?
A. The kinetic energy of the gas molecules decreases
B. The potential energy of the gas molecules increases
C. The distance between the gas molecules increases
D. The size of the gas molecules decreases
28. Diagram 16 shows a simple barometer. The difference in height of the two mercury
levels is h.
What happens to the value of h
when mercury is added to the
container?
A. Increases C. No change
B. Decreases
Diagram 16
29. A boy holds a stone under water with his hands. If the volume of the stone is 1500 cm 3
and the density of the stone is 2500 kgm-3. What is the force needed?
[Given the density of water is 1000 kgm-3]
A. 10.0 N
B. 15.0 N

C. 17.5 N
D. 22.5 N

30. Diagram 17 shows a hydraulic system. A force, F acts on piston P to produce a force
on piston Q.

Diagram 17
Which of the following modification will increase the force on Piston Q.
A. Use a thinner tube
B. Use a bigger tube
C. Increase the surface area of Piston Q
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D. Use a denser fluid