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GCE A Level Physics: past questions and revision

For Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth students in Cameroon. 356 practice questions on 11 topics of the A Level Physics syllabus, from real GCE papers and checked practice questions.

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Sample GCE questions

Real A Level Physics questions. Register free to answer them, see the answers and get every step explained.

Sample 1 · Field phenomena (gravitational, electric and magnetic fields)

A satellite is in a highly elliptical orbit around the Earth. Which of the following statements is a direct consequence of Kepler's Second Law regarding the satellite's motion?

  1. The satellite's angular velocity is constant throughout its orbit
  2. The satellite's potential energy is constant throughout its orbit
  3. The satellite spends a longer time in the portion of its orbit farthest from the Earth than in the portion closest to the Earth
  4. The satellite's kinetic energy is constant throughout its orbit.
Sample 2 · Matter

Which of the following statements about the potential energy and the force for two molecules is NOT true?

  1. The potential energy and the force at infinity approximates to zero
  2. The potential energy is smallest at equilibrium separation.
  3. The potential energy and the force are equal at the equilibrium separation.
  4. At equilibrium separation the force between the two molecules is zero.
Sample 3 · Wave phenomena

What is the critical angle in a polystyrene block whose index of refraction is 1.49 when this block is immersed in carbon disulfide whose index of refraction is 1.63?

  1. 37.80
  2. .42.20
  3. 66.00
  4. There won't be total internal reflection inside the polystyrene when it is in carbon disulfide.
Sample 4 · Mechanics

Which of the following is correct?

  1. It is NOT possible for a body to be at rest and yet have an acceleration.
  2. A change in the velocity of an object implies a change in its speed.
  3. It is possible for the speed of a body to change without the body accelerating.
  4. A body can be accelerating in a direction opposite to that of its velocity.
Sample 5 · Measurements and uncertainties

Which of the following statements best explains why the homogeneity of a physical equation is not a sufficient condition for the correctness of the equation?

  1. For an equation to be homogenous the units of the physical quantities on both sides of the equation must be equal.
  2. All correct equations are homogenous but not all homogenous equations are correct.
  3. A homogenous equation may contain a wrong unit less constant.
  4. Homogeneity can be used to test the relationship between quantities in a physical equation.
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