Common Entrance Physics – 10 Multiple choice questions
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1. Which would be the best instrument to measure the volume of some water?

Measuring cylinder

Stop watch

Spring balance

Test tube

2. Which travels faster - sound or light?

light

sound

They both travel at the same speed

3. What needs to be done to make a guitar string sound higher

Make the string longer

Pluck it harder

Loosen the string

Tighten the string

4. What is meant by the PITCH of a sound?

How loud or soft it is

How high or low it is

What instrument is playing it

5. The diagram shows a circuit containing two similar bulbs and a battery.

If Bulb B is unscrewed what will happen to bulb A?

Bulb A will remain unchanged

Bulb A will get a lot brighter

Bulb A will go out

Bulb A will get dimmer

6. What force causes a moving car to slow down?

Gravity

Magnetism

Electrostatic

Friction

7. Why is it preferable for ice skates to have a very thin edge?

So that the ice is less likely to crack

To increase the area of blade in contact with the ice.

To decrease the force on the ice

To increase the pressure of the blades on the ice

8. The diagram shows a roller coaster car moving downwards quite fast.
The arrows represent two forces which act on the roller coaster.

What does X represent?

FRICTION

X represents the direction the car is moving

UPTHRUST

GRAVITY

9. A spring is 10cm long.
When 3 newtons are hung from it the sprng becomes 16cm.

The 3 N load is now replaced by a load of 1 newton

What would be the new length of the spring?

16cm

12 cm

6cm

2cm

10. Look at the circuit diagram which shows 2 batteries connected to three bulbs.
What would happen if we added an extra battery?

The batteries would last longer

The bulbs would go out

The current would get less

The bulbs would get brighter

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