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General Certificate of Education (Adv.Level) Examination, August 2025

Special Paper 09 1 S I 1/2 Hour

MCQ Exercise

(01) The group containing only vectors from the below answers is,

(1) Pressure, Angular momentum, Energy

(2) Linear momentum, Pressure, Velocity
(3) Angular momentum, Force, Power
(4) Linear momentum, Force, Relative velocity
(5) Pressure, Force, Velocity

(02) If the resultant of two forces 9P and 2√2P is 5√5P, the angle between the two forces is,

(1) 300 (2) 450 (3) 600 (4) 900 (5) 00

(03) Given below is an instant where a meter ruler is used to measure the length of the line segment AB (l).

cm 3 4 5

A B
l
The maximum percentage error possible in the above measurement is,
1 1 1 1 1
(1) 1.1 × 100 % (2) 10 × 100 % (3) 11 × 100 % (4) 20 × 100 % (5) 22 × 100 %

(04) yria lïì

A travelling microscope is properly focused onto letter P on a board positions in front of it. Regardless the
magnitude of the letter, select the diagram that depicts the correct view of the microscope.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) P
P P P
P
(05) Given below are five readings taken in measuring the diameter of a ball by a micrometer screw gauge.
Among 10.01 mm, 10.03 mm, 9.98 mm, 9.96 mm, 10.03 mm, the value that can be represented as the correct
diameter is,

(1) 10.002 mm (2) 10.00 mm (3) 10.03 mm (4) 9.98 mm (5) 10.01 mm

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(06) The relationship of P to 4 other physical quantities is as P = a b
Öcd
the errors for the measurements a, b, c and d are 1%, 3%, 4% and 2% respectively. If the value of P is 3, the
error of P to the second decimal place is,

(1) 0.15 (2) 0.03 (3) 0.39 (4) 0.50 (5) 0.75

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(07) 100 g cm s is equivalent in kW to,

(1) 108 (2) 106 (3) 10-8 (4) 10-2 (5) 1

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(08) In a certain spectrometer, 39 parts of 1 length are coincided with 20 Vernier 0
parts. The reading shown by the instrument is,

(1) 171 09
0 /
(2) 170 09
0 /
(3) 170 06
0 / 1700
0
180
0 / 0 /
(4) 170 03 (5) 170 15 160
0

(09) The change in velocity of an object falling freely under gravity is directly proportional to gphq only. g is
gravitational acceleration and h is the height travelled. The values of p and q are respectively,

(1) 1/2, 1/2 (2) 1/2, 1 (3) 1, 1/2 (4) 1, 0 (5) 1/2, -1/2

(10) The given diagram shows a force diagram related to two forces acting on the same point. The magnitudes of
the forces are 6N and 3N respectively. The length of the diagonal X is,

(1) 15 cm (2) 36 cm (3) 15Ö3 cm

12 cm X
(4) 12Ö7 cm (5) 15Ö7 cm
0
60
24 cm

(11) The main scale of the following micrometer screw gauge consists of 1 mm parts, and its circular scale
consists of 200 equal parts. The pitch is 1mm. this is used to measure the diameter of a cylinder. Diagram (1)
shows the zero error instance, and diagram (2) shows an instance when a reading is taken. The real radius is,

0 1cm 110
195 105

(1) 18.550 mm (2) 18.560 mm (3) 9.280 mm (4) 9.275 mm (5) 9.265 mm

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(12) The equation used to determine the ages of a fossil is in the form of t = 1/z log (x/y).
1
t = z log xy ( )
Consider the following statements regarding that.
A) Both A and B must not have dimensions
B) s is the unit of Z
C) Y may be the present activity of the fossil, and X may be the initial activity of the fossil

The true statements are,

(1) only C (2) only A and B (3) only B and C
(4) only A and C (5) all A, B and C

(13) The magnitudes of the components X and Y in the following system are given Y 10
correctly as, 10
30
(1) 10 + 15Ö3 + 5Ö2 , 5 + 5Ö2 - 20Ö3 0
45 300
(2) 10 - 15Ö3 + 5Ö2 , 30 + 15Ö3 - 5Ö2 10 X
(3) 30 + 15Ö3 - 5Ö2 , 5 + 5Ö2 - 20Ö3 0 20
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(4) 5 + 5Ö2 - 20Ö3 , 30 + 15Ö3 - 5Ö2
(5) 30 + 15Ö3 - 5Ö2 , 5 - 5Ö2 + 20Ö3
40
20

(14) When the thickness of a glass sheet is measured by a micrometer screw gauge, a measurement of 1.24 mm
was obtained. When three such sheets are stacked together and measured, the measurement was 3.78 mm. the
accurate thickness of a glass sheet is,

(1) 1.22 (2) 1.26 (3) 1.27 (4) 1.21 (5) 1.25

(15) When the height of a paint bucket with larger radius 8 cm and smaller radius 2 cm is measured by external
jaws of a Vernier caliper, following reading was obtained.
0 V 8cm

18 19 M
2cm
2 3
If 4 cm area can be painted by 1 cm of paint, how many paint buckets are needed to completely paint one
side of a sheet with 3.78 m2area? (π=3, volume of a cone = 1/3 πr2h)

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 6 (4) 4 (5) 12

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