MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

CHIPANGALI DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION SYNDICATE

Mock Examination for School Certificate Ordinary Level-2024

Physics 5054/1
Paper 1 Multiple Choice

Additional Information:
Electronic calculator (Non programmable) and/Mathematical tables
Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
Soft clean eraser
Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)

Time 1 hour
Instructions to Candidates
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.
Look at the answer sheet. Ensure that your name, the school/centre name and subject paper
are printed. Also ensure that the subject code, paper number, centre code your examination
number and the year are printed and shaded. Do not change the already printed information.
There are forty questions in this paper. Answer all questions for each question there are four
possible answers, A,B,C and D. choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in
soft pencil on the separate answer sheet provided.
Read very carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet.
Information for candidates
Each correct answer will score one mark.
Any rough working should be done in this question paper.
A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Cell phones are not allowed in this examination room.
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1 A student has been asked to determine, as accurately as possible, the volume of a piece of wire.
The wire is about 80 cm long and about 0.2 cm in diameter.
Which measuring instruments should the student use?

2 Which quantity X is calculated using this equation?

A acceleration
B average velocity
C distance travelled
D speed
3 The graph shows the movement of a car over a period of 50 s.

What was the distance travelled by the car while its speed was increasing?
A 10 m B 20 m C 100 m D 200 m

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4 Which relationship defines gravitational field strength?
A mass x 10
B mass x weight
C mass / weight
D weight / mass
5 A measuring cylinder containing some water stands on a scale pan. A solid ball is lowered into
the water.
The water level rises from the 30cm3 mark to the 40cm3 mark.
The scale reading increases from 100 g to 180 g.

What is the density of the material of the ball?

A 2.0g/cm3 B 4.5g/cm3 C 8.0g/cm3 D 18g/cm3
6 Which is a statement of Newton’s third law of motion?
A Every force causes a reaction.
B If there is no resultant force on a body then there is no acceleration.
C The forces acting on a body are always equal and opposite.
D To every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.
7 A car is travelling at constant speed along a road and drives over a large patch of oil. The
driver applies the brakes to stop the car.
Compared to braking on a dry road, what may happen?
A The car slows down more quickly because of the greater friction between the tyres and the
road.
B The car speeds up at first because of the reduced friction between the tyres and the road.

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 C The car takes longer to slow down because of the reduced friction between the tyres and the
road.
D The car takes longer to slow down because the thinking distance of the driver is greater.
8 A horizontal pole is attached to the side of a building. There is a pivot P at the wall and a chain
is connected from the end of the pole to a point higher up the wall.

There is a tension force F in the chain.

What is the moment of the force F about the pivot P?
A Fxd B Fxh C Fxl D Fxs
9 A spring balance is calibrated to give readings in newtons.
The graph shows how the length of the spring varies with the load.

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 A load causes the spring of the balance to extend by 3 cm.
What is the balance reading?
A3N B5N C 10 N D 15 N
10 Forces of 3 N and 4 N are acting as shown in the diagram.

Which diagram may be used to find the resultant R of these two forces?

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11 When a nucleus of Uranium-235 absorbs a neutron, nuclear fission occurs. In a typical
reaction the total mass decreases by 3 x 10–28 kg.
Given that the speed of light c is 3 x 108m/s, approximately how much energy is released?
A 9 x 10–20J
B 2 x 10–13J
C 3 x 10–11J
D 3 x 10–5J
12 A car is driven along a level road. The total energy input from the petrol is 60 kJ, and the car
wastes 45 kJ of energy.

What is the efficiency of the car?

A 15 % B 25 % C 45 % D 75 %

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13 Which represents the main energy changes that take place in a coal-fired power station?
A chemical → heat → kinetic → electrical
B chemical → heat → light → electrical
C chemical → kinetic → electrical → potential
D kinetic → heat → light → electrical
14 The diagram shows a glass block resting on a table top.

The area of the block in contact with the table is X and the area of the table top is Y.
The weight of the block is P and the weight of the table is Q.
Which expression gives the pressure exerted on the table by the block?

15 The diagram shows the levels X and Y in a liquid manometer when the gas tap is opened.

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 What is the pressure of the gas in the cylinder?
A 18 cm of liquid below atmospheric pressure
B 9 cm of liquid below atmospheric pressure
C 9 cm of liquid above atmospheric pressure
D 18 cm of liquid above atmospheric pressure
16 A substance consists of particles that are close together and moving past each other at
random. The average speed of the particles is gradually increasing.
What best describes the substance?
A a liquid being boiled to form a gas
B a liquid being heated
C a solid being heated
D a solid being melted to form a liquid
17 A liquid-in-glass thermometer consists of a bulb containing a liquid. The liquid can expand
into a very thin capillary tube.

The liquid in the thermometer is replaced by another liquid that expands more for the same
temperature rise.
The new thermometer will have
A greater sensitivity and greater range.
B greater sensitivity but less range.
C the same sensitivity and the same range.
D the same sensitivity but greater range.
18 The diagram shows a vacuum flask and an enlarged view of a section through the flask wall.

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 The main reason for the silvering is to reduce heat transfer by
A conduction only.
B radiation only.
C conduction and convection.
D convection and radiation.
19 The diagram shows a wave moving into shallower water.

The wavelength of the waves is reduced because

A both the frequency and the speed decrease.
B both the frequency and the speed increase.
C only the frequency increases.

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 D only the speed decreases.
20 An image is formed in a plane mirror.

Which statement must be correct?

21 A ray of light enters a glass block at an angle of incidence i producing an angle of refraction r
in the glass.

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 Several different values of i and r are measured, and a graph is drawn of sin i against sin r.
Which graph is correct?

22 A student starts to draw a ray diagram for an object at O, near a thin convex lens, but is not
sure whether the image is formed at X or at F.

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 The correctly drawn image is
A real and formed at F.
B real and formed at X.
C virtual and formed at F.
D virtual and formed at X.
23 Which diagram correctly shows the dispersion of white light by a glass prism?

24 The diagram shows a loudspeaker that is producing a continuous sound wave of frequency
200 Hz in air.

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25 End X of a metal rod attracts the N-pole of a compass needle.
What does this show about the rod?
A It could be made of copper but is not permanently magnetised.
B It could be made of copper with a S-pole at X.
C It could be made of steel but is not permanently magnetised.
D It could be made of steel with a N-pole at X.
26 Four different substances are tested by using each as the core of an electromagnet.
The number of paper clips each holds is recorded when there is a current in the electromagnet
and when the current is switched off.

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 Which substance is the best for making the core of a transformer?

27 On a stormy day, a large, positively-charged cloud is above a tree.

An electrical charge is induced on the tree as charged particles flow through it.

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 What is the charge induced on the tree and how do the charged particles move?

28 The diagram shows two resistors connected in series with a cell.

Which statement defines the potential difference across XY?

A the power needed to drive a unit charge through the cell
B the power needed to drive a unit charge between X and Y

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 C the work done in driving a unit charge through the cell
D the work done in driving a unit charge between X and Y
29 Which two resistor combinations have the same resistance between X and Y?

A P and Q
B P and S
C Q and R
D R and S
30 In order to turn off both lamps, which is the safest switch position?

31 The diagram shows a beam of electrons entering a magnetic field.

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 What is the effect of the magnetic field on the electrons?
A They are deflected into the plane of the diagram.
B They are deflected out of the plane of the diagram.
C They are deflected towards the bottom of the diagram.
D They are deflected towards the top of the diagram.
32 A student pushes the N-pole of a bar magnet into the end Q of a long solenoid and observes a
deflection to the right on the sensitive ammeter.

What will produce a deflection in the same direction?

A pulling the N-pole out of end Q
B pulling the S-pole out of end P
C pushing the N-pole into end P
D pushing the S-pole into end P
33 A simple a.c. generator produces an alternating e.m.f. as shown.

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The speed of the generator is doubled.
Which graph best represents the new output?

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34 A step-down transformer changes 240 V a.c. to 12 V a.c. There are 600 turns on the primary
coil. How many turns are on the secondary coil?
A 20 B 30 C 600 D 12 000
35 Why are high voltages and low currents used to transmit electrical energy over long
distances?
A to increase the electromagnetic radiation
B to increase the speed at which electrons move
C to reduce heat loss from the power line
D to reduce the resistance of the power line
36 A variable potential divider has a sliding contact S that can be moved between end P and end
Q. It is connected to a constant 6 V power supply, as shown below.

What happens to the p.d. between X and Y as S moves down from P to Q?

A It decreases gradually from 6 V to 0 V.
B It rises gradually from 0 V to 6 V.
C It stays constant at 0 V.
D It stays constant at 6 V.
37 A capacitor C charges when it is connected to a d.c. power supply.

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 Which arrows show the direction of the conventional current when the capacitor is charging?
A 1 and 3 B 1 and 4 C 2 and 3 D 2 and 4
38 Two types of emission from a radioactive source are separated by passing them through a
magnetic field.
The deflections are shown in the diagram.

What are the emissions P and Q?

39 A narrow beam of alpha-particles is fired at a thin piece of gold foil.

Which is the final direction of the largest number of alpha-particles?

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40 Ra decays with a half-life of 1600 s.
Rn decays with a half-life of 52 s.
Po decays with a half-life of 9.1 s.
Pb decays with a half-life of 10.6 h.
The changing count rate for one of these radioactive nuclides is shown in the graph.

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From the half-life shown by the graph, which was the decaying radioactive nuclide?
A Ra B Rn C Po D Pb

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