PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (ES), JEDDAH

MOCK EXAMINATION 2019-20

CANDIDATE NAME Muhammad Anas GRADE: Y9 - 1

PHYSICS 0625/22
Paper 2 Multiple Choice Questions April 2020
45 minutes

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1 A piece of cotton is measured between two points on a ruler.

cotton

cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

When the length of cotton is wound closely around a pen, it goes round six times.

six turns of cotton

pen

What is the distance once round the pen?

A 2.2 cm B 2.6 cm C 13.2 cm D 15.6 cm

2 A stopwatch is used to time a race. The diagrams show the watch at the start and at the end of the
race.

start end

60 60
55 5 55 5
50 10 50 10

45 15 45 15

40 seconds 20 40 seconds 20
35 25 35 25
30 30

How long did the race take?

A 45.7 s B 46.0 s C 46.5 s D 47.0 s

3 A student finds the thickness of a copper band using a screw guage. The zero error is +0.03 mm.

0 5 30

25

What is the thickness of the band?

A 6.75 mm B 6.78 mm C 6.81 mm D 6.28 mm

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4 The diagram shows a measuring cylinder.

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10

Which unit would be most suitable for its scale?

A mm2 B mm3 C cm2 D cm3

5 An object is moving with uniform deceleration.

Which statement describes its motion?

A Its rate of change of speed is decreasing.

B Its speed is constant.

C Its speed is decreasing.

D Its speed is increasing.

6 Which statement about the mass of a falling object is correct?

A It decreases as the object falls.

B It is equal to the weight of the object.
C It is measured in newtons.
D It stays the same as the object falls.

7 Which moving body has a resultant force acting on it?

A a diver rising vertically through water at constant speed

B an aircraft circling an airport at constant speed
C a train going up a straight incline at constant speed

D a parachutist descending vertically at terminal velocity

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8 A measuring cylinder contains 10 cm3 of water. .

A piece of steel is lowered into the measuring cylinder until it is fully submerged. The volume
reading increases to 12 cm3 .

A second piece of steel is lowered into the measuring cylinder so that it is also fully submerged.
The volume reading increases to 15 cm3.

Which row shows the volumes of the two pieces of steel?

volume of first volume of second

piece of steel / cm3 piece of steel / cm3

A 2 3
B 2 5
C 12 3
D 12 15

9 The graph shows how the speed of a car varies during part of its journey.

20
speed
m/s 15

10

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
time / s

What is the value of the car’s acceleration between 6 s and 10 s?

A 0.50 m / s2 B 0.80 m / s2 C 1.25 m / s2 D 1.50 m / s2

10 A car travels at an average speed of 60 km / h for 15 minutes.

How far does the car travel in 15 minutes?

A 4.0 km B 15 km C 240 km D 900 km

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11 The table below shows the length of a wire as the load on. it is increased.

load / N 0 10 20 30

length / cm 50.0 52.1 54.1 56.3

Which graph correctly shows the extension of the wire plotted against load?

A B

60 3
extension / cm extension / cm
40 2

20 1

0 0
0 10 20 30 0 10 20 30
load / N load / N

C D

6 56.3
extension / cm extension / cm
4 54.1

2 52.1

0 50.0
0 10 20 30 0 10 20 30

12 A body of mass m has a weight W in a location where the gravitational field strength is g.

Which statement about these quantities is correct?

A m and W are both forces.

B m and W are both vector quantities.
C m and W are related by the equation W = g.
m
D m and W have the same unit.

13 A ship sails due North at a speed of 20 m / s. A current in the water begins to move from East to
West. The speed of this current is 20 m / s.

What is the magnitude of the resultant velocity of the ship?

A 0 m/ s B 20 m / s C 28 m / s D 40 m / s
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14 A ball is at rest on the ground. A boy kicks the ball. The. boy’s boot is in contact with the ball for
0.040 s.

The average force on the ball is 200 N. The ball leaves the boy’s boot with a speed of 20 m / s.

Which row gives the impulse of the boot on the ball and the average acceleration of the ball?

impulse on ball average acceleration of ball

Ns m / s2

A 8 0.8
B 8 500
C 5000 0.8
D 5000 500

15 The diagram shows a non-uniform beam of weight 120 N, pivoted at one end. The beam is kept in
equilibrium by force F.

20 cm 60 cm

pivot

centre of
mass of beam
weight F
120 N

What is the value of force F?

A 30 N B 40 N C 360 N D 480 N

16 A car is moving along a straight horizontal road. The car has 1.6 MJ of kinetic energy. The car
accelerates for 20 s until the kinetic energy of the car increases to 2.5 MJ.

What is the minimum average power developed by the car engine for this acceleration?

A 45 W B 205 W C 45 kW D 205 kW

17 A car of mass 1500 kg has a speed of 20 m / s. It accelerates until its speed is 25 m / s.

What is the increase in the kinetic energy of the car?

A 19 kJ B 38 kJ C 170 kJ D 340 kJ
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18 The mass of a full bottle of cooking oil is 1.30 kg. .

When exactly half of the oil has been used, the mass of the bottle plus the remaining oil is
0.90 kg.

1.30 0.90
kg kg

What is the mass of the empty bottle?

A 0.40 kg B 0.50 kg C 0.65 kg D 0.80 kg

19 A tidal power station is made by building a barrage across the mouth of a river. At high tide the
sea water is trapped behind the barrage.

barrage

turbine
trapped sea water

sea at low
tide

At low tide the water is allowed to flow back into the sea through a turbine.

What is the useful energy change in a tidal power station?

A electrical energy → energy of position (potential)

B electrical energy → energy of motion (kinetic)
C energy of motion (kinetic) → energy of position (potential)
D energy of position (potential) → electrical energy
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20 A toy train P of mass 0.50 kg is travelling along a straight track with a velocity of 3.0 m / s. It
collides with a stationary train Q of mass 1.0 kg. The two trains then stick together.

What is the velocity of the combined trains?

A 1.0 m / s in the same direction as P was travelling originally

B 1.0 m / s in the reverse direction to that in which P was travelling originally
C 1.5 m / s in the same direction as P was travelling originally

D 1.5 m / s in the reverse direction to that in which P was travelling originally

21 The diagram shows a cyclist riding along a hilly road.

At which position does the cyclist have the least gravitational (potential) energy?

D
A

22 Three horizontal forces act on a car that is moving along a straight, level road.

air resistance

friction driving force

Which combination of forces would result in the car moving at constant speed?

air resistance friction driving force

A 200 N 1000 N 800 N

B 800 N 1000 N 200 N
C 800 N 200 N 1000 N
D 1000 N 200 N 800 N
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23 A pin is squeezed between finger and thumb.

.
finger

pinhead

pin

thumb

Which statement is correct?

A The force of the pin is larger on the finger than on the thumb.
B The force of the pin is larger on the thumb than on the finger.
C The pressure of the pin is larger on the finger than on the thumb.
D The pressure of the pin is larger on the thumb than on the finger.

24 The diagram shows a simple mercury barometer. The barometer reading is h cm of mercury.

mercury

What is the pressure at S?

A approximately zero
B atmospheric pressure
C atmospheric pressure + h cm of mercury
D h cm of mercury
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26 Four hollow glass spheres P, Q, R and S each have a mass of 72 g.

Their volumes are given in the table.

3
volume / cm

P 55
Q 65
R 75
S 85

Which spheres sink in a liquid of density 0.9 g / cm3?

A P, Q and R B Q, R and S C R and S only D S only

27 A light aircraft stands at rest on the ground. It stands on three wheels, one at the front and two
further back.

Which point could be its centre of mass?

A B C D
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28 A box is placed on the ground. An upward force of .15 N is needed to lift the box at constant
speed.

Which row correctly describes the box?

mass of the box weight of the box

A 1.5 kg 15 N
B 15 N 1.5 kg
C 15 N 150 kg
D 150 kg 15 N

29 Which source of energy is non-renewable?

A oil
B solar

C tidal
D wind

30 A student measures the length of a spring. She then attaches different weights to the spring. She
measures the length of the spring for each weight.

The table shows her results.

weight / N length / mm

0 520
1.0 524
2.0 528
3.0 533
4.0 537
5.0 540

What is the extension of the spring with a weight of 3.0 N attached to it?

A 4 mm B 5 mm C 12 mm D 13 mm

31 A student carries out an experiment to plot an extension / load graph for a spring. The diagrams
show the apparatus at the start of the experiment and with a load added.

start with load added

x
y

What is the extension caused by the load?

A x B y C y+x D y–x
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32 The diagram shows a U-tube manometer containing three liquids: mercury, liquid X and liquid Y.
Neither liquid X or liquid Y mixes with mercury.

liquid X liquid Y

mercury

Which row compares the pressure exerted by liquid X and by liquid Y on the mercury, and the
density of liquid X and the density of liquid Y?

pressure exerted by X and densities of

by Y on the mercury X and of Y

A pressure of X is greater than Y density of X is greater than Y

B pressure of Y is greater than X density of Y is greater than X
C pressure of X and of Y is the same density of X is greater than Y
D pressure of X and of Y is the same density of Y is greater than X

33 The diagram shows a flat metal plate that may be hung from a nail so that it can rotate about any
of four holes.

holes holes

flat metal plate

What is the smallest number of holes from which the flat metal plate should be hung in order to
find its centre of gravity?

A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4
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34 The graph shows the progress of an athlete in a 100.m race.

100

distance
travelled / m
80

60

40

20

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
time / s

What time was taken to travel 10 m from the start?

A 2.4 s B 2.8 s C 65 s D 70 s

35 A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 2 m on to a table.

Whilst in contact with the table, some of its energy is converted into internal energy.

What is the highest possible point the ball could reach after bouncing?

4m A
height

B
ball released
from this height
C
2m
D

0
table
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. onto a moving belt.

36 A worker is lifting boxes of identical weight from the ground

At first, it takes him 2 s to lift each box. Later in the day, it takes him 3 s.

Which statement is correct?

A Later in the day, less work is done in lifting each box.

B Later in the day, more work is done in lifting each box.
C Later in the day, less power is developed in lifting each box.
D Later in the day, more power is developed in lifting each box.

37 A student fills two containers with water (density 1.0 g / cm3 ) and two with oil(density 0.8 g / cm 3),
as shown in the diagrams.

In which container is the pressure on the base the greatest?

A B C D

water oil

water oil

38 Two farmers use an electrically powered elevator to lift bales of hay. All the bales of hay have the
same mass.

bale of hay

As sunset approaches, they increase the speed of the motor so that more bales are lifted up in a
given time.

How does this affect the work done in lifting each bale and the useful output power of the motor?

work done in useful output power

lifting each bale of the motor

A increases decreases
B increases increases
C no change decreases
D no change increases
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39 Which list contains only vector quantities? .

A energy, force, velocity

B speed, acceleration, force

C velocity, energy, acceleration
D velocity, force, acceleration

40 A gas molecule strikes the wall of a container. The molecule rebounds with the same speed.

wall wall
gas molecule gas molecule

before hitting the wall after hitting the wall

What happens to the kinetic energy and what happens to the momentum of the molecule?

kinetic energy momentum

A changes changes
B changes stays the same
C stays the same changes
D stays the same stays the same