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General Certificate of Education (Adv. Level) Examination, August 2025

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ப ௌதிக நூல் I 01 E I ஒரு மணி நேரம்
Physics I One hour

Answer All Questions

1. Dimensions of power are,

(1) ML2 T-3 (2) M2LT-2 (3) ML2 T-1 (4) MLT-3 (5) MLT-2

2. Density of water is 1000 kg m-3. What is the same when expressed in kg cm-3 ?
(1) 0.001 (2) 0.01 (3) 0.1 (5) 1 (5) 1000

3. The speed of a liquid flowing through a tube depends on the pressure difference p and the density  of the
Δp
liquid. The speed 𝜈 is given by the equation, 𝑣 = 𝑘 (  ) 𝑛 where k is the constant that has no units. What is
the value of n?
1 3 3
(1) 2
(2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 2 (5) 2

4. The following measurements A, B and C have been taken using correctly selected measuring instruments.
A=30.1 cm B=6.232 cm C= 0.354 cm
Instruments used for the measurements A, B and C are,
A B C
(1) Vernier calliper Vernier calliper Micrometer screw gauge
(2) Metre ruler Metre ruler Vernier calliper
(3) Metre ruler Travelling microscope Vernier calliper
(4) Metre ruler Travelling microscope Micrometer screw gauge
(5) Vernier calliper Metre ruler Travelling microscope

5. A vernier calliper without zero error is made by coinciding 50 vernier scale divisions with 49 main scale
divisions, where each of main scale is 0.5 mm. If the 41st division of vernier scale coincides with 74th division
of main scale, give the reading of the instrument?
(1) 16.91 mm (2) 8.91 mm (3) 16.92 mm (4) 8.91 mm (5) 15.01 mm

6. Which of the given characteristics is/are common to the three instruments spherometer, travelling
microscope and vernier calliper?
(A) Has a locking mechanism.
(B) Need to calculate the zero errors when taking readings.
(C) Have least counts below 0.1mm.
(1) A only (2) B only (3) C only (4) A and C only (5) B and C only

7. The resultant of two equal vectors is equal to one of the two vectors. What is the angle between them
(1) 30° (2) 60° (3) 90° (4) 120° (5) 50°

8. Two particles fall freely from a point at an interval of 2 seconds. How long after the seocnd particle is
dropped will the two particles be 40 m a part?
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(1) 1 s (2) 2 s (3) 3 s (4) 4 s (5) 5 s

9. Which of the below cannot be explained by the Bernoulli’s principle?

(1) Lifting of an air plane at higher speeds.
(2) Motion of a rocket in outer space.
(3) Action of a spray pump.
(4) Spinning of a cricket ball.
(5) Smoke rising through a chimney.

10. A particle is projected upwards to a height H above the ground. Which of the following graphs represent the
variation of its potential energy(E) with height (h)?

11. A particle of mass 𝑚1 moving with velocity 𝑢 makes a perfectly inelastic collision with a stationary mass 𝑚2
and both move together with a velocity 𝑣. Value of 𝑣 is,

12. A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 g moving at a rate of 20 m/s. If the catching process is completed
in 0.1 s, the force exerted by the ball on the hand of the player is equal to,
(1) 3N (2) 15N (3) 30N (4) 150N (5) 300N

13. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon. AB ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and BC

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ denote the vectors 𝑝̅ and 𝑞̅. Which
of the following is the value of the vector CD ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ?
(1) (𝑝̅ + 𝑞̅)
(2) (𝑝̅ − 𝑞̅)
(3) (𝑞̅ − 𝑝̅ )
(4) 2(𝑞̅ − 𝑝̅ )
(5) (2𝑝̅ + 𝑞̅)

14. The graph shows how the mass (m) of fuel in a rocket decreases with time
(t) as a rocket moves perpendicularly away from the Earth's surface. Which graph
below illustrates how the velocity (V) of the rocket changes with time (t) if the
thrust exerted by the fuel remains constant when the atmospheric resistance is
ignored?

15. A stone is thrown vertically upwards, which of the following quantities have the same direction after passing
the highest position?
(A) Velocity (B) Displacement (C) Acceleration
(1) (A) only (2) (B) only (3) (A) and (B) only (4) (B) and (C) only (5) All (A), (B) and (C)
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16. The center of gravity of a uniform rod is found at position G. Two identical pieces of wire are bent to form
a V shape and are fixed to the rod. In which of the following cases, is the new center of gravity of the system
not found at G?

17. A displacement(d) – time (t) graph as shown in the figure below.

Corresponding speed(v) – time (t) graph is best represented by,

18. Three masses A, B and C of masses 4 kg, 3 kg and 3 kg respectively, joined by strings are pulled along a
smooth horizontal table as shown in the diagram. What is the resultant force acting on B?

(1) 3N (2) 5N (3) 6N (4) 9N (5) 12N

19. A body at rest initially explodes in to two pieces having masses 2m and 3m. If the total kinetic energy of
these is E, find the kinetic energy of the mass 2m after the explosion?
(1) E (2) 2E (3) 3E/4 (4) 3E/5 (5) 5E/2

20. A solid cylinder (I=½MR2) of mass 3 kg rolls down an inclined place of vertical height 5 m. What is its
rotational kinetic energy when it reaches the bottom of the plane?
(1) 50J (2) 75J (3) 100J (4) 150J (5) 200J

21. On a dry road, the maximum permissible speed of a car in a circular path is 20 m/s. If the road becomes wet,
the maximum speed is 10√2 m/s. What is the ratio of the coefficient of friction for dry road and that for wet
road?
(1) 0.25 (2) 0.5 (3) √2 (4) 2 (5) 4
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22. Three blocks A, B and C are kept one on the other as shown in the diagram. The floor is smooth. The
coefficient of friction between all the objects is 0.2. A force 12N is applied on the block A in the horizontal
direction. Accelerations of each object are,

23. The density of a piece of rock is measured by a spring balance which is scaled in kg. It weighs 0.45kg when
hung in air and 0.36 𝑘𝑔 when completely immersed in water. Density of this rock in kg m-3 (d = 1000 𝑘𝑔
𝑚−3 water)
(1) 200 (2) 800 (3) 1250 (4) 4000 (5) 5000

24. A large number of bullets are fired in all directions with the same speed 𝜐. The maximum area on the ground
on which these bullets will spread is
𝜋𝜐2 𝜋𝜐4 𝜋𝜐2 𝜋𝜐2 𝜋𝜐
(1) 𝑔
(2) 𝑔2
(3) 𝑔2
(4) 𝑔4
(5) 𝑔2

25. A uniform chain of length L and mass M is lying on a smooth table and half of its length is hanging vertically
down over the edge of the table. The work required to pull the hanging part on the table is
𝑀𝑔𝐿 𝑀𝑔𝐿 𝑀𝑔𝐿 𝑀𝑔𝐿
(1) 𝑀𝑔𝐿 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 6 (5) 8

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