GCE Physics 2024
Past Questions

The prefix 'nano' represents a factor of

A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity of 20 m/s in 8 seconds. What is the net force acting on the car?

A body is in equilibrium under the action of three coplanar forces. Which of the following conditions must be satisfied?

A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a cliff 45 m high with a velocity of 10 m/s. How far from the base of the cliff does the stone land? [g = 10 m/s²]

An object of mass 5 kg is placed on a rough horizontal surface. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the surface is 0.4, what is the frictional force opposing the motion of th…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the work-energy theorem?

Which of the following statements correctly describes the zeroth law of thermodynamics?

A fixed mass of an ideal gas has a volume of 4.0 L at a pressure of 3.0 × 10⁵ Pa and a temperature of 27°C. If the temperature is raised to 127°C while the pressure is kept constant, what is the new v…

Which of the following correctly describes a transverse wave?

A sound wave has a frequency of 340 Hz and travels through air at a speed of 340 m/s. What is the wavelength of the sound wave?

A vibrating tuning fork of frequency 512 Hz is held over a resonance tube. If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, what is the shortest length of air column that will resonate with the tuning fork? (…

Two waves of the same frequency and amplitude travelling in opposite directions in the same medium produce

A source of sound moves toward a stationary observer at a speed of 34 m/s. If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s and the frequency of the source is 500 Hz, what frequency does the observer hear?

A resistor of 8 Ω is connected in parallel with a resistor of 12 Ω. The combination is then connected in series with a 4 Ω resistor and a 12 V battery of negligible internal resistance. What is the cu…

A cell of e.m.f. 1.5 V and internal resistance 0.5 Ω is connected to an external resistor. If the terminal voltage of the cell is 1.2 V, what is the value of the external resistance?

In a full-wave rectifier using a centre-tapped transformer, the number of diodes required is

The truth table below represents which logic gate? Input A | Input B | Output 0 | 0 | 1 0 | 1 | 1 1 | 0 | 1 1 | 1 | 0

An n-p-n transistor is used as a switch in a circuit. The transistor is said to be in saturation when

In an intrinsic semiconductor at absolute zero temperature (0 K), the material behaves as

In the nuclear reaction $^{235}_{92}U + ^{1}_{0}n \rightarrow ^{141}_{56}Ba + ^{92}_{36}Kr + x^{1}_{0}n$, the value of x is

The energy released when a nucleus is completely separated into its constituent nucleons is called

a) i) What is meant by the term 'wave motion'? (2 marks) ii) Distinguish between transverse waves and longitudinal waves, giving ONE example of each. (4 marks) b) A progressive wave is represented…

a) i) Define the term 'capacitance' of a capacitor. (1 mark) ii) State the unit of capacitance. (1 mark) b) Three capacitors of capacitances 4 µF, 6 µF and 12 µF are connected as follows: the 6 µF…

( a ) ( i ) What is meant by the term 'radioactive decay'? ( ii ) State TWO properties of alpha (α) particles. ( b ) A radioactive isotope has a half-life of 8 days. A freshly prepared sample of the i…