1. Which of the following quantities is base quantity?

A. Work
B. Power
C. Momentum
D. Electric current
2. Which of the following is the S.I unit for power?
A. Watt
B. Kilowatt
C. Megawatt
D. Gigawatt
3. Diagram1 shows sign board at the side of a highway.

What does the sign board shown?

A. The distance of a place
B. The speed limit of a vehicle
C. The acceleration limit of vehicle
D. The load limit of a heavy vehicle
4. Diagram 2 shows a watermelon on a lorry placed at P. When the lorry starts to move, the
watermelon rolls from position P to Q. When the lorry suddenly stops, the watermelon rolls
from position Q to P.

The movement of the watermelon is due to

A. Inertia
B. Friction
C. Impulse
D. Momentum
5. Diagram 3 shows two steel ball bearings, X and Y, of different masses is dropped near the
surface of the Earth from the same height.

Which is the correct v t graph for the motion of ball bearings X and Y?

6. Diagram 4 shows a tig-tag match between team A and team B.

What is the resultant force acting on the rope?

A. 150 N acting towards the team A
B. 150 N acting towards the team B
C. 350 N acting towards the team A
D. 350 N acting towards the team B
7. A ball of mass 5.0 kg is being kicked by a force of 10 N.
If the time of impact is 0.2 s, what is the impulse experienced by the ball?
A. 0.8 N s
B. 2.0 N s
C. 25.0 N s
D. 50.0 N s
8. Which of the following phenomena experiences forces in equilibrium?
A. A rocket accelerates upwards
B. A ship floating at rest in the sea
C. A durian falling from a tree
D. A car descending a hill at an increasing velocity

9. Diagram 5 shows a reading of a weighing machine during the lift is in stationary.

What is the reading of the weighing machine if the lift experiences a free fall?

10. The power of device increases when it does

A.
B.
C.
D.

less work in a short period of time

less work in a long period of time
more work in short period time
more work in a long period time

11. Diagram 6 shows load M supported by the arrangement of springs P, Q and R.

All the springs are identical.

Diagram 6
Which comparison is correct about the extension of P, Q and R?
A. P < Q < R
B. Q < R < P
C. R < Q < P
D. Q < P < R
12. Diagram 7 shows two types of wheel from two different carts.

Diagram 7
Which wheel from the cart will sinks more into soft ground, and why?

A
B
C
D

Wheel
Narrow
Narrow
Wide
Wide

Reason
Less pressure on the ground
Greater pressure on the ground
Less pressure on the ground
Greater pressure on the ground

13. Diagram 8 shows a simple mercury barometer. The barometer reading is h cm of mercury.

Diagram 8
What is the physical quantity measured by h?
A. Gas pressure
B. Liquid pressure
C. Atmosphere pressure
14. Diagram 9 shows a hydraulic lift system being used to lift a car of 4 000 N.

Diagram 9
If a cross sectional area for piston A2 is 8.0 x 104 cm2. What is the cross sectional area for
piston A1?
A. 0.5 x 104 cm2
B. 12.5 x 104 cm2
C. 12.8 x 104 cm2
D. 50.0 x 104 cm2

15. Diagram 10 shows an object of mass 4.0 kg floating stationary in water.

Diagram 10
What is upthrust acting on this object?
A. 4.0 N
B. 8.0 N
C. 40.0 N
D. 80.0 N
16. Diagram 11 shows a roof being uplifted by strong wind.

Diagram 11
Which of the following statements is correct?
A. No pressure at P
B. Pressure at P > Pressure at Q
C. Pressure at P < Pressure at Q
D. Pressure at P = Pressure at Q

17. Diagram 12 shows P is in thermal equilibrium with Q and Q is in thermal equilibrium with R.

Diagram 12
If the temperature of P is P and the temperature of R is R, which of the following statements
is correct?
A. P = R
B. P > R
C. P < R
18. Four different metals W, X, Y and Z are equal mass and initially are at the room temperature
of 25oC. The heat absorbed, Q, by each metal to achieve the final temperature, , is shown in
Table 1 below.
Metal
W
X
Y
Z

Heat absorbed, Q / J
11 300
7 150
29 025
22 325

/ oC
50
80
100
120

Table 1
Which metal has the highest specific heat capacity?
A. W
B. X
C. Y
D. Z
19. Complete the following statement:
The heat absorbed by 10 g of ice to melt completely is equals to
A.
B.
C.
D.

the heat absorbed by 10 g of steam to condense completely

the heat released by 10 g of steam to condense completely
the heat absorbed by 10 g of water to evaporate completely
the heat released by 10 g of water to freeze completely

20. What is the final temperature when 100 g of water at 25 oC is mixed with 75 g of water at
50oC?
A. 35.7oC
B. 37.5oC

C. 46.4oC
D. 48.0oC
21. Diagram 13 shows an object, O, in front of a convex mirror. T is the centre of curvature of
the mirror.

Diagram 13
The image is formed at
A. J
B. K
C. L
D. M
22. Diagram 14 shows a light ray moving form air into a glass block.

Diagram 14
Which angle is the angel of incidence and the angle of refraction?

A
B

Angle of incidence
w
w

Angle of refraction
y
z

C
D

x
x

y
z

23. Which diagram shows the correct propagation of light through a 45o, 45o, 90o prism?
c is the critical angle of the prism.

24. Diagram 15 shows the image, I, of an object, O, formed by a convex lens.

Diagram 15
What is the focal length of the lens?
A. 2.5 cm
B. 9.6 cm
C. 11.4 cm
D. 24.0 cm
25. An astronomical telescope at normal adjustment consists of two convex lenses placed at a
separation of 80 cm. The magnifying power of the telescope is 15. What is the focal length,
fO, of the objective lens and the focal length, fE, of the eyepiece?
fO

fE

A
B
C
D

5 cm
75 cm
75 cm
80 cm

75 cm
5 cm
15 cm
15 cm

26. Diagram 16 shows an image of an unborn baby obtained by using an ultrasound.

Diagram 16
What is the wave length of the ultrasound in mothers womb?
[The frequency of the ultrasound used is 2.0 x 106 Hz and the speed of the ultrasound in the
body is 1 500 ms-1]
A. 7.5 x 10-6 m
B. 7.5 x 10-4 m
C. 7.5 x 104 m
D. 7.5 x 105 m
27. Diagram 17 shows the propagation of water waves from region X to Y.

Diagram 17
Which of the following statements about depthness, D and speed, v in region X and Y is true?
A
B
C
D

Depthness
DX > DY
DX < DY
DX > DY
DX < DY

Speed
vX > vY
vX > vY
vX < vY
vX < vY

28. Diagram 18 shows a transverse wave propagation form P to Q.

Diagram 18
Which of the following is correct about the direction of vibration and the direction fo energy
transferred between P and Q?
Direction of vibration

Direction of energy transfer

A
B
C
D
29. Diagram 19 represent the fringe pattern obtained in a double slit experiment using
monochromatic light of red colour.

Diagram 19
Which of the following is correct when the red light is replaced by green light?

30. Diagram 20 shows the house at downhill can received the radio waves transmitted form a
transmission station.

Diagram 20
This situation occurs due to phenomenon of
A. diffraction
B. interference
C. reflection
D. refraction
31. Which of the following has longer wavelength than light wave?
A. Gamma ray
B. Ultra violet
C. X-ray
D. Infrared
32. Which of the following factors influence the resistance of a wire?
A. Hardness of the wire
B. Density of wire
C. Length of wire
D. Mass of the wire
33. Diagram 21 shows a potential difference against current graph for four different conductors J,
K, L and M.

Diagram 21
Which conductor has the latest resistance?
A. J
B. K
C. L
D. M

34. Which of the following circuit arrangement is correct to determine the electromotive force of
a battery?

35. Diagram 22 shows an electric circuit

Diagram 22
Calculate the total current flowing in the circuit.
A. 0.3 A
B. 1.5 A
C. 3.0 A
D. 6.0 A
36. The electromotive force of a dry cell is 1.5 V.
Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The cell can supply 1.5 C of charge
B. The cell can supply 1.5 J of energy
C. The cell can supply 1.5 J of energy per ampere current
D. The cell can supply 1.5 J of energy per coulomb charge
37. Diagram 23 shows a rectangular coil of wire WXYZ connected with a dry cell and a switch S
is placed on the surface of a horizontal table.
Two compasses of P and Q are laid on the wire WX and XY respectively.

Diagram 23
What will happen to the pointer of compass P and Q when the switch, S is closed?
A

Compass P
Deflects to the east

Compass Q
Deflects to the east

B
C
D

Deflects to the west

Deflects to the west
Does not deflect

Deflects to the west

Does not deflect
Deflects to the east

38. Diagram 24 shows a brass rod is placed in the magnetic field of a permanent magnet.
In which direction does the brass rod moves when the switch is closed.

Diagram 24
39. Diagram 25 shows the structural design of a d.c generator. Side XY at the coil rotates in the
clockwise direction.

Diagram 25
Which of the diagrams show the position of XY where the induction current does not flows?

40. What is the purpose of a step-down transformer?

A. It makes the output current same as the input current
B. It makes the output current lower than the input current
C. It makes the output voltage lower than the input voltage
D. It makes the output voltage higher than the input voltage
41. Which of the following is not used solar cell to operate?
A. Satellite
B. Calculator
C. Wrist watch
D. Transformer
42. Diagram 26 shows a solenoid connected to a sensitive galvanometer centered zero.

Diagram 26
Which of the following would give a zero reading on the galvanometer?
A. Moving the solenoid towards the magnet
B. Moving the magnet away from the solenoid
C. Moving the magnet towards the solenoid
D. Moving the magnet and the solenoid in the same direction with constant velocity

43. The adding of impurity into pure semiconductor material is known as

A. doping
B. rectification
C. amplification
D. thermionic emission
44. Diagram 27 shows the symbol of a transistor. What are the names of the terminal P, Q and R?

Diagram 27

A
B
C
D

P
Collector
Collector
Base
Emitter

Q
Base
Emitter
Collector
Base

45. Diagram 28 shows a transistor circuit

Diagram 28
Which of the following is the correct comparison between IB, IC, and IE?
A. IB > IC, > IE
B. IB < IC, < IE
C. IB > IC, < IE
D. IB = IC, = IE
46. Diagram 29 shows an electric circuit.

R
Emitter
Base
Emitter
Collector

Diagram 29
The logic gate that can represent this circuit is
A. OR
B. AND
C. NOR
D. NAND

47. Diagram 30 shows the voltage-time graphs at the inputs and the output of a logic gate.

Diagram 30
Identify the logic gate.
A. OR gate
B. AND gate
C. NOR gate
D. NAND gate
48. An unstable

238
92

nucleus decays to a stable

226
88

Ra

nucleus. What is the number is the

number of alpha particles and beta particles emitted during this process?
Number of alpha particles

Number of beta particles

A
B
C
D

2
3
4
1

3
2
1
1

49. In a nuclear reaction, 5.265 x 10-10 J of energy is released.

What is the mass defect of this reaction?
A. 4.74 x 107 kg
B. 1.58 x 10-2 kg
C. 1.76 x 10-18 kg
D. 5.85 x 10-27 kg

50. Diagram 31 shows the decay graph when radioisotope X decays to Y.

Initially there are 20 mg of X sample.

Determine the mass of X and the mass of Y in the sample after 40 minutes.
A
B
C
D

Mass of X
10 mg
10 mg
5 mg
5 mg

Mass of Y
5 mg
10 mg
5 mg
15 mg

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