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Cambridge · O Level · Physics

May/June 2021 — Paper 1 · Variant 1.

40 multiple-choice questions · 40 marks

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Topics covered

  • Simple magnetism and magnetic fields
  • Electrical safety
  • Melting, boiling and evaporation
  • Motion
  • Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases
  • Thin lenses
  • Fission and fusion
  • Pressure
  • Physical quantities and measurement techniques
  • Electrical charge
  • Refraction of light
  • Forces on a current-carrying conductor
  • Turning effect of forces
  • Efficiency
  • The nucleus
  • Density
  • Particle model
  • Work
  • Circular motion
  • Elastic deformation
  • Radioactive decay
  • Conduction
  • Sound
  • Dispersion of light
  • Balanced and unbalanced forces
  • The transformer
  • The a.c. generator
  • General properties of waves
  • Uses of electricity
  • Mass and weight
  • Specific heat capacity
  • Half-life

Questions in this paper

  • Q1Physical quantities and measurement techniquesMCQ
  • Q2Physical quantities and measurement techniquesMCQ
  • Q3MotionMCQincludes a figure
  • Q4Balanced and unbalanced forcesMCQincludes a figure
  • Q5Circular motionMCQincludes a figure
  • Q6Mass and weightMCQ
  • Q7DensityMCQ
  • Q8Turning effect of forcesMCQincludes a figure
  • Q9Elastic deformationMCQincludes a figure
  • Q10Particle modelMCQincludes a figure
  • Q11PressureMCQ
  • Q12PressureMCQ
  • Q13WorkMCQ
  • Q14EfficiencyMCQ
  • Q15ConductionMCQ
  • Q16Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gasesMCQincludes a figure
  • Q17Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gasesMCQ
  • Q18Specific heat capacityMCQ
  • Q19Melting, boiling and evaporationMCQ
  • Q20General properties of wavesMCQincludes a figure
  • Q21Refraction of lightMCQincludes a figure
  • Q22Refraction of lightMCQincludes a figure
  • Q23Thin lensesMCQ
  • Q24Dispersion of lightMCQincludes a figure
  • Q25SoundMCQ
  • Q26Simple magnetism and magnetic fieldsMCQ
  • Q27Electrical chargeMCQincludes a figure
  • Q28Electrical chargeMCQincludes a figure
  • Q29Electrical chargeMCQincludes a figure
  • Q30Uses of electricityMCQ
  • Q31Electrical safetyMCQincludes a figure
  • Q32Forces on a current-carrying conductorMCQincludes a figure
  • Q33Uses of electricityMCQ
  • Q34Forces on a current-carrying conductorMCQincludes a figure
  • Q35The a.c. generatorMCQincludes a figure
  • Q36The transformerMCQincludes a figure
  • Q37Fission and fusionMCQ
  • Q38Radioactive decayMCQ
  • Q39Half-lifeMCQ
  • Q40The nucleusMCQ

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