1. A lead ball is dropped from a height of 12$m$ above the ground. Assuming that air resistance is negligible, which of the following expressions best describes the total energy of the ball when it is at a height of 3m above the ground in terms of its kinetic energy (Ek​) and gravitational potential energy (Ep​)?

2. Two trucks X and Y are pulling a car out of thick mud along a straight path. The only other horizontal force acting on the car is a drag force opposite to the direction of motion. The diagram shows the direction of the force applied by truck $X$ and the direction of motion of the car.

Which of the following vectors shows the direction of the force applied by truck $Y$?

3. As a truck is brought to rest, the brakes apply a force of 5.1×10^3 N. Which answer best describes the magnitude of the change in momentum of the truck if the brakes are applied for 3.0 $s$?

4. Observations of muon decay can be used as evidence of

I. Time dilation
II. Length contraction
III. Absolute simultaneity

5. A ball of mass $m$ is falling vertically through the air. The drag force acting on the ball is given by kv^2 where $k$ is constant and $v$ is the speed of the ball. What is the maximum speed reached by the ball?

6. An object moves in a circular path of radius $2m$ with angular displacement of π/2​rad in $5s$.

What is the linear speed of the object?

7. Which of the following is not a suitable SI unit of energy?

8. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

9. The take off speed of a passenger aircraft is 75.0 ms^−1. A plane starts from rest and accelerates at a steady rate of 1.25 ms^−2. Which of the following correctly states the minimum duration of taxiing, and the minimum length of the runway needed for the take off?

10. A cargo container is released from an airplane. A parachute is opened remotely a few seconds later to land it safely. Which graph shows the variation of the vertical acceleration with time $t$ for the cargo container from when it leaves the plane until landing?

A.			B.
C.			D.

11. Two eggs of equal mass fall from the same height onto a padded floor. One of them is broken while the other one bounces upwards intact. The time of collision is the same for both. Which of the following correctly describes the egg that exerts more force on the floor and the reason?

12. The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity $v$ of a car traveling along a straight and level road.

What time does it take for the car to travel a distance of 31.5 m from t = 0?

13. A spring of negligible mass and length of lolo​ is attached to a fixed point. When the spring is extended by an external force $F$, the length of the spring increases to $l$. The graph shows how the length of the spring varies with the tension in spring. The tension in the spring is equal to $k\Delta l$, where k is a constant and $\Delta l$ is the extension of the spring.

What are the gradient and y-intercept of the graph?

14. An electric motor is used to raise a block of mass 18.0 kg vertically to the top of a building at a constant speed of 1.5ms^−1. If the power rating of the motor is 297 W, calculate the efficiency of the motor.

15. A mass is attached to the mirror of a car by a string. As the car accelerates to the left, the string makes an angle with the vertical as shown in the diagram below.

Which of the following shows the correct free-body diagram that represents the forces acting on this mass when it is accelerating?

A.			B.
C.			D.

16. A spring with spring constant $k$ is extended by a distance x.

The uncertainty of $k$ is 2% and that of $x$ is 3%.

What is the uncertainty of the potential energy stored in the spring?

17. A rocket ejects hot gas in space in a direction opposite to its travelling direction. What is correct for the magnitude of the momentum and the kinetic energy of the rocket?

18. A basketball is launched at an angle and undergoes projectile motion. Air resistance is negligible. Which of the following is correct for the direction of its velocity vector and its acceleration vector at the highest point of its trajectory?

19. A car of mass $m$ and a truck of mass $3m$ travelling in opposite directions collide and stick together. The speeds of the car and the truck just before the crash are $2v$ and $v$ respectively. What is their speed after the collision?

20. A pilot intends to fly a plane from point $A$ to point $B$. Due to strong winds, she points the nose of the plane in the direction shown by the vector $P$. Which of the choices below best represents the direction of the wind encountered by the plane?

A.			B.
C.			D.

21. An object of mass M on a string moves in a circle of radius r at a constant speed.

Which of the following statements is true about the motion of the object:

• I.  The resultant work done on the object is zero.
• II.  The velocity of the object is constant.
• III.  The object is accelerating

22. A ball rolls horizontally off the edge of the top of a cliff. It hits the ground at a distance 2.0$m$ from the base of the cliff with a vertical speed of 20ms^−1. What is the height of the cliff?

23. The diagram below shows a car of mass m descending a slope. The car, initially at rest, covers a distance of $27m$ in $3.0s$.

The magnitude of the acceleration is given by

24. A builder uses a block and tackle pulley system to lift a bundle of materials of mass 15 kg to the top of a building of height 6 m in 9 s. What is the power delivered to the bundle?

25. An object moves at constant velocity for a period of time, after which it undergoes uniform deceleration until it comes to rest. A velocity-time graph is plotted for this motion. On the graph, which of the following represents the displacement of the object?