ROUND 1

1
The three balls shown are dropped from a bench.

aluminium lead wood

Which balls have the same acceleration?

D aluminium, lead and wood

2- A car accelerates from traffic lights. The graph shows how the car’s speed changes with time.

speed
m/
s
20

0
0 10 time
/s
How far does the car travel before it reaches a steady speed?
C 100 m

3- The masses of a measuring cylinder before and after pouring some liquid into it are shown in the
diagram.

cm3 cm3

200 200

100 100
liquid

mass = 80 g mass = 180 g

100
What is the density of the liquid?
140
3
B g / cm

4- A measured mass of gas is placed in a cylinder at atmospheric pressure and is then slowly
compressed.

piston
gas

piston pushed in

The temperature of the gas does not change.

What happens to the pressure of the gas?

D It increases.
5- An iron bar is held with one end in a fire. The other end soon becomes too hot to hold.

hand fire
iron bar

How has the heat travelled along the

iron bar?

A by conduction
C
6-
motor
Which material is used for the core of an electromagnet?

C iron
7- Which type of radiation has the greatest ionising effect?

A α-particles

8- What is designed to change electrical energy into kinetic energy?

C motor

ROUND 02
1- In the symbol below, A is the nucleon number and Z is the proton number.
A
X
Z

What is represented by the symbol?

A an electron
B a neutron
ANS: C
C a nuclide
D an X-ray

2- A powder contains 400 mg of a radioactive material that emits α-particles.

The half-life of the material is 5 days.

What mass of that material remains after 10 days?

A 0 mg B 40 mg C 100 mg D 200 mg

ANS: C
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3- The nucleus of a neutral atom of lithium is represented by Li.
3

How many protons, electrons and neutrons does the atom contain?

protons electrons neutrons

A 7 7 3

B 3 7 3

C 3 4 4
D 3 3 4
ANS: D
4- A cathode-ray tube has an anode and an earthed cathode.

Which line in the table shows the charge and the temperature of the anode?

anode charge anode temperature

A negative cool

B negative hot

C positive cool
D positive hot

ANS: C
5- Why is a fuse used in an electrical circuit in a house?

A. to increase the circuit resistance

B. to keep the power used to a minimum value
C. to prevent a short-circuit from occurring
D to stop the cables from carrying too much current
ANS:D
6- An electric power tool is being used outdoors in a shower of rain.

What is the greatest hazard to the user?

A. The cable gets hot and causes burns.

B. The circuit-breaker cuts off the current.
C. The current passes through water and causes a shock.
D. The tool rusts.
ANS:C
7- When a plastic comb is placed next to a small piece of aluminium foil hanging from a nylon
thread, the foil is repelled by the comb.

Why is this?

A. The comb is charged and the foil is uncharged.

B. The comb is uncharged and the foil is charged.
C. The comb and the foil have charge of opposite signs.
D. The comb and the foil have charge of the same sign.

ANS:D
 8- From which materials are the coil and the core of an electromagnet made?

coil core

A copper copper

B copper iron

C iron copper
D iron iron

ANS:B
9- A student investigates which end of a magnetic compass needle is attracted to a bar magnet.

What does the investigation show?

A. Both ends of the compass needle are attracted by the north pole of the magnet.
B. Both ends of the compass needle are attracted by the south pole of the magnet.

C. One end of the compass needle is attracted by the north pole and the other end by the south
pole.
D. The compass needle is not attracted by either end of the magnet.
ANS:C

10 Sounds are made by vibrating objects. A certain object vibrates but a person nearby cannot hear
any sound.

Which statement might explain why nothing is heard?

A. The amplitude of the sound waves is too large.

B. The frequency of the vibration is too high.
C. The sound waves are transverse.
D. The speed of the sound waves is too high.
ANS:B
11- Which is the best description of the speed of a water wave?

A. the distance between one wave crest and the next

B. the distance between the crest of a wave and a trough
C. the distance that a particle of water moves up and down in one second
D the distance that a wavefront moves along the surface in one second
ANS:D
12- Driving a car raises the temperature of the tyres.

This causes the pressure of the air in the tyres to increase.

Why is this?

A. Air molecules break up to form separate atoms.

B. Air molecules expand with the rise in temperature.
C. The force between the air molecules increases.
D. The speed of the air molecules increases.
ANS:D
 13- The data below relates to the nucleus of a particular neutral atom of nitrogen.

proton number

Z = 7 nucleon number

A = 17

Which row represents the correct number of neutrons and

electrons in this atom?

D number of17neutrons number of

electrons10
ANS:A
14 A cable in a house is carrying
10 too much current.7

B 10
What is the greatest danger? 10
CA 17
appliances 7

not working Belectric shock

C. fire
D. low power
ANS:C
15 Small particles of metal are scattered near a bar magnet to show the pattern of the magnetic
field.

Which metal is suitable?

A. aluminium
B. brass
C. copper
D. iron
ANS:D

16- Water waves are

reflected at a plane
surface.

Which property of
the waves is
changed by the
reflection?

A
direction B
frequency C

speed
D
wavelength
ANS:A
 ROUND 3
1- Which of the following is a unit of density?

A cm3 / B g / cm2 g / cm3 D kg /

g C m2
ANS:C
2 Which form of energy is used to generate electrical energy in a tidal power station?
A. chemical energy
B. gravitational energy
C. internal energy (thermal energy)
D. nuclear energy

ANS:B

3 Music is produced by the loudspeaker of a radio.

Which property of the sound wave increases when the music is made louder?

A amplitude
B frequency
C speed

D wavelength
ANS:A
4- A plastic rod is rubbed with a dry cloth and becomes positively charged.

Why has the rod become positively charged?

A It has gained electrons.

B It has gained neutrons.
C It has lost electrons.
D It has lost neutrons.
ANS:C

5- What are the most penetrating and the least penetrating types of radiation?

most penetrating least penetrating

A α-particles β-particles

B β-particles α-particles

C γ-rays α-particles

D γ-rays β-particles
ANS:C
6- Which form of energy do we receive directly from the Sun?

A. chemical
B. light
C. nuclear
D sound
ANS:B

7- Brownian motion is seen by looking at smoke particles through a microscope.

How do the smoke particles move in Brownian motion?

A. all in the same direction

B. at random
C. in circles
D. vibrating about fixed points

ANS:B
8- To mark a temperature scale on a thermometer, fixed points are needed.

Which is a fixed point?

A. the bottom end of the thermometer tube

B. the top end of the thermometer tube
C. the temperature of pure melting ice
D. the temperature of pure warm water
ANS:C

9- A long thin bar of copper is heated evenly along its length.

copper bar

heat
What happens to the bar?

A It becomes
lighter. B It
becomes longer. C It
becomes shorter. D It
bends at the ends.

ANS:
B
10- The diagram shows the image of a clock in a plane mirror.

What time is shown?

A 02:25 B 02:35 C 09:25 D

09:35
ANS:C
11- What are the symbols used for the units of current and resistance?
unit of current unit of resistance

A A W

B A Ω

C V W

D V Ω

ANS:B

12- Which equation can be used to calculate the speed of sound?

A speed = distance
time

B speed = distance ×
time
C speed =
distance
time

D speed = time + distance

ANS:A