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O Level Section
Annual Examination 2025

Class: VIII-O____
PHYSICS 5054/12
Paper 1 Multiple Choice 45 Minutes
You must answer on the multiple-choice answer sheet.
You will need: Multiple choice answer sheet
Soft clean eraser
Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)
INSTRUCTIONS
 There are thirty questions on 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 multiple-choice answer sheet.
 Follow the instructions on the multiple-choice answer sheet.
 Write in soft pencil.
 Write your name, centre number and candidate number on the multiple-choice answer sheet in the
spaces provided unless this has been done for you.
 Do not use correction fluid.
 You may use a calculator.
 Take the weight of 1.0 kg to be 9.8 N (acceleration of free fall = 9.8 m / s2).
INFORMATION
 The total mark for this paper is 30.
 Each correct answer will score 1 mark.
 Any rough working should be done on this question paper.

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SWiPS Annual Examinations 2025.

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1: A manufacturer measures accurately the dimensions of a wooden floor tile.

The approximate dimensions of the tile are shown.

Which instruments are used to measure accurately each of these dimensions?

2: Which pair of quantities includes one scalar and one vector?

A. mass & time. B. temperature & time.
C. temperature & velocity. D. velocity & weight.
3: A cylindrical can is rolled along the ruler shown in the diagram.

The can rolls over twice. What is the circumference (distance all round) of the can?
A. 13cm B. 14cm C. 26cm D. 28cm
4: The speed-time graph represents the journey of a car.
The dots separate different sections of the journey. There are six different sections.

How many sections represent the car moving with non-uniform acceleration?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
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5: Drops of water are dripping steadily from a tap (faucet). The diagram shows a measuring cylinder which
has collected 120 drops of water.

How many drops in total will have been collected when the measuring cylinder reads 10cm 3 ?
A. 48 B. 60 C. 180 D. 300
6: In a race, a car travels 60 times around a 3.6km track. This takes 2.4 hours.
What is the average speed of the car?
A. 1.5km/ h B. 90km/ h C. 144km/ h D. 216km/
h
7: A hard stone hits the ground and comes to rest almost immediately.
As the stone hits the ground, what is the direction and the size of the force acting on the ground?
A. downwards and equal to the weight of the stone.
B. downwards and larger than the weight of the stone.
C. upwards and equal to the weight of the stone.
D. upwards and larger than the weight of the stone.
8: A metal block is heated until it is completely melted. It is then allowed to solidify.
What happens to the mass of the metal during the changes of state?

9: A stone has a volume of 0.50cm3 and a mass of 2.0g. What is the density of the stone?
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A. 0.25g/ cm3 B. 1.5g/ cm3 C. 2.5g/ cm3 D. 4.0g/ cm3

10: A car of mass 1500 kg is towing a trailer of mass 1100 kg along a level road. The acceleration of the car
is 1.30m/ s2. Ignoring friction and air resistance, what is the driving force on the car?
A. 1430N B. 1950N C. 2000N D. 3380N
11: A beam pivoted at one end has a force of 5.0 N acting vertically upwards on it as shown.
The beam is in equilibrium. What is the weight of the beam?

A. 2.0N B. 3.0 N C. 3.3 N D. 5.0 N

12: Passengers are not allowed to stand on the upper deck of double-decker buses. Why is this?

A. They would cause the bus to become less stable.

B. They would cause the bus to slow down.
C. They would increase the kinetic energy of the bus.
D. They would lower the centre of mass of the bus.
13: Four objects of equal mass rest on a table. The centre of mass of each object is labelled G.
Which object is the least stable?

14: Electricity can be obtained from different energy resources.

Which energy resource is used to obtain electricity without producing heat to boil water?
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A. coal B. gas C. hydroelectric D. nuclear

15: On which ball is a non-zero resultant force acting?

16: A ball is dropped on to a hard surface and bounces. It does not bounce all the way back to where it
started, so it has less gravitational potential energy than when it started.

What happens to the ‘lost’ energy?

A. It is converted into chemical and strain energy.
B. It is converted into internal (heat) energy and sound.
C. It is destroyed as the ball rises upwards after hitting the ground.
D. It is destroyed when the ball hits the ground.
17: What does a barometer measure?
A. atmospheric density. B. atmospheric pressure.
C. liquid density. D. liquid pressure.
18: In which position would a boy exert the most pressure on the ground?
A. lying on his back. B. sitting down.
C. standing on one foot. D. standing on two feet.
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19: A 100g mass is suspended from a spring next to a vertical metre rule. The top of the spring is level with
the 0.0cm mark. The bottom of the spring is level with the 27.2cm mark.

The 100g mass is replaced with a 600g mass. The length of the spring is now 89.7cm. The spring has not
reached the limit of proportionality. The 600g mass is replaced with a 200g mass.
What is the length of the spring?
A. 29.9cm B. 33.4cm C. 39.7cm D. 54.4cm
20: The diagram shows a handle with three forces, each 100 N, applied to it. The handle is free to move.

What is the effect of the forces on the handle?

A. The handle will move downwards. B. The handle will not move.
C. The handle will turn anticlockwise (to the left). D. The handle will turn clockwise (to the right).
21: The table gives four energy sources and states whether the energy of the source is derived from the
Sun. Which row is correct?
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22: An object on a thread is swinging between X and Z, as shown in the diagram. It is momentarily at rest at
X and at Z.

An incomplete word equation about the energy of the object is shown below.

gravitational potential energy = kinetic energy + ……… energy + energy losses

at X at Y at Y
Which form of energy is needed to complete the word equation?
A. chemical B. gravitational potential C. internal D. strain
23: Which statement is explained by reference to pressure?
A. Objects with greater mass have greater weight.
B. One kilogram of water occupies more volume than one kilogram of lead.
C. Spikes on running-shoes sink into the ground.
D. Water cooled to a low enough temperature turns to ice.
24: A wind turbine generates 54kW of useful power from an input of 180kW of wind power. Which
calculation gives the percentage efficiency of the turbine?
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25: A weight-lifter raises a 2000N weight through a vertical height of 2.0m in 0.80s.
What useful power does he develop in doing this?
A. 800W B. 3200W C. 4000W D. 5000W
26: A spring obeys Hooke’s law.
Which graph is obtained by plotting the extension of the spring against the load applied?

27: Which equation gives the momentum change of an object?

28: Which expression can be used to determine the impulse on a tennis ball?
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29: An object has a mass of 20 kg. Its velocity changes from 6 m/ s to 10m/ s.
Which impulse has acted on the object?
A. 80Ns B. 120Ns C. 200Ns D. 320Ns
30: Four tanks contain water to the depths shown. At the bottom of which tank is the pressure due to the
water greatest?