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PAPER 1
1. What is the definition of the SI unit for a force?
A. The force required to accelerate, in the direction of the force, a mass of 1 kg at 1 m s −2
B. The force required to accelerate, in the direction of the force, a mass at 1 m s −2 C. The weight of a mass of 0.1 kg D. The change in momentum per second
2. A model rocket is launched from rest. The graph shows the variation with time t of the net force F applied on the rocket. The average mass of the rocket is 0.20 kg.
What is the maximum velocity reached by the rocket?
A. 3.0 m s−1 B. 25 m s−1 C. 75 m s−1 D. 150 m s−1
3. An object falls for a time of 0.25 s. The acceleration of free fall is 9.81 m s–2. The displacement is calculated. Which of the following gives the correct number of significant digits for the calculated value of the displacement of the object? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
4. An object is released from a stationary hot air balloon at height h above the ground. An identical object is released at height h above the ground from another balloon that is rising at constant speed. Air resistance is negligible. What does not increase for the object released from the rising balloon? A. The distance through which it falls B. The time taken for it to reach the ground C. The speed with which it reaches the ground D. Its acceleration
1 5. The graph shows the variation of the acceleration a of an object with time t.
What is the change in speed of the object shown by the graph?
A. 0.5 m s–1 B. 2.0 m s–1 C. 36 m s–1 D. 72 m s–1
6. A boy runs along a straight horizontal track. The graph shows how his speed v varies with time t.
After 15 s the boy has run 50 m. What is his instantaneous speed and his average speed when t = 15 s?
2 7. A ball of mass m is projected horizontally with speed v from a height h above the floor. Air resistance is negligible. The horizontal distance travelled by the ball to the point where it lands on the floor depends on A. m and h only. B. m and v only. C. h and v only. D. m, h and v.
8. Two masses M and m are connected by a string that runs without friction through a stationary tube. Mass m rotates at constant speed in a horizontal circle of radius 0.25 m. The weight of M provides the centripetal force for the motion of m . The time period for the rotation of m is 0.50 s.
mass of M What is ? mass of m
A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 8
9. A body moves on a straight line. The graphs show the variation of displacement with time. Which graph shows motion with negative acceleration?
3 10. A stone is thrown vertically upwards from the surface of Earth. Which of the following quantities will not become zero while the stone is in the air? A. Speed B. Velocity C. Distance D. Acceleration
11. The graph shows the acceleration a of an object as time t varies.
What is the magnitude of the change in the velocity of the object between 0 and 3 seconds? A. 5 ms–1 B. 10 ms–1 –1 C. 20 ms D. 30 ms–1
12. An object, initially at rest, travels a distance d in a time t at a constant acceleration. What is the time taken for the object to travel 16d from rest at the same acceleration? A. 16t B. 8t C. 4t D. 2t
13. A stone is thrown from a cliff and it lands in the sea. Air resistance is negligible. Which of the following statements is correct whilst the stone is in motion? A. The vertical component of the stone’s displacement is constant. B. The horizontal component of the stone’s displacement is constant.
4 C. The vertical component of the stone’s velocity is constant. D. The horizontal component of the stone’s velocity is constant.
14. A block of mass 1.0 kg rests on a trolley of mass 4.0 kg. The coefficient of dynamic friction between the block and the trolley is 0.30.
A horizontal force F = 5.0 N acts on the block. The block slides over the trolley. What is the acceleration of the trolley? A. 5.0 m s–2 B. 1.0 m s–2 C. 0.75 m s–2 D. 0.60 m s–2 15. The blocks remain in contact as they accelerate along a horizontal frictionless surface. Y has a greater mass than X. Air resistance is negligible.
Which statement is correct?
A. The force F is equal to the product of the mass of Y and the acceleration of Y. B. The force that Y exerts on X is less than F. C. The force that Y exerts on X is less than the force that X exerts on Y. D. The force that Y exerts on X is equal to F.
16. Which of the following is a correct statement of Newton’s second law of motion? A. A force acting on a body is proportional to the mass of the body. B. The rate of change of momentum of a body is equal to the net external force acting on the body. C. The momentum of a body is proportional to the net external force acting on the body. D. A force acting on a body is proportional to the acceleration of the body.
17. Two bodies each of equal mass travelling in opposite directions collide head-on.
What is a possible outcome of the collision?
5 18. A disk starts from rest and undergoes uniform angular acceleration. After completing the first rotation, its angular velocity is ω. What will be its angular velocity after completing the second rotation? A. 2ω B. (ω√2) C. (2√2ω) D. (ω/√2)
19. A flywheel is subjected to a constant angular acceleration. If the relation between the angular displacement θ and time t is given by θ = at2, where a is a constant. What will be the angular velocity ω at t = 3 sec? A. 3a B. 6a C. 9a D. 12a
20. A door has two hinges placed at a distance D apart. A force F is applied at the mid-point between the hinges perpendicular to the door. What is the net torque about the lower hinge?
A. τ =o .5∗F∗D B. τ =F∗D C. τ =0
6 F∗D D. τ = 2
7 Paper 2: Answer the following questions: Question 1: a. Ashrakat drops a stone from rest vertically down a water well. She hears the splash of the stone striking the water 1.6 s after the stone leaves her hand. Estimate the (i) distance between Ashrakat‘s hand and the water surface. [2] (ii) speed with which the stone hits the water. [2] ______________________________________________________________________________
b. After the stone in (a) hits the water surface it rapidly reaches a terminal speed as it falls through the water. The stone leaves Fiona’s hand at time t = 0. It hits the water surface at t1 and it comes to rest at the bottom of the water at t2. Using the axes below, sketch a graph to show how the speed v of the stone varies from time t = 0 to just before t = t2. (There is no need to add any values to the axes.) [3]
8 Question 2: A glider is an aircraft with no engine. To be launched, a glider is uniformly accelerated from rest by a cable pulled by a motor that exerts a horizontal force on the glider throughout the launch.
a. The glider reaches its launch speed of 27.0 m s–1 after accelerating for 11.0 s. Assume that the glider moves horizontally until it leaves the ground. Calculate the total distance travelled by the glider before it leaves the ground. [2] b. The glider and pilot have a total mass of 492 kg. During the acceleration the glider is subject to an average resistive force of 160 N. Determine the average tension in the cable as the glider accelerates. [3] ______________________________________________________________________________
c. After takeoff the cable is released and the unpowered glider moves horizontally at constant speed. The wings of the glider provide a lift force. The diagram shows the lift force acting on the glider and the direction of motion of the glider. Draw the forces acting on the glider to complete the free-body diagram. The dotted lines show the horizontal and vertical directions. [2]
9 d. Explain, using appropriate laws of motion, how the forces acting on the glider maintain it in level flight. [3] ______________________________________________________________________________
Question 3: A ball is projected horizontally at 5.0ms–1 from a vertical cliff of height 110m. Assume that air resistance is negligible and use g=10ms–2.
a. (i) State the magnitude of the horizontal component of acceleration of the ball after it leaves the cliff. [3] ______________________________________________________________________________
(ii) On the axes below, sketch graphs to show how the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of the ball, vx and vy , change with time t until just before the ball hits the ground. It is not necessary to calculate any values. [2]
10 b. (i) Calculate the time taken for the ball to reach the ground. [2] (ii) Calculate the horizontal distance travelled by the ball until just before it reaches the ground. [2] ______________________________________________________________________________
