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CA R IBBEAN. E XAMINAl'IONS
COUN CIL
StrCONDARYJ]DUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
PHYSICS
Paper 01,- General Proficiency
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a s q u i c k l y a n d a s c a r e f u l l y . a ys o u c a n . I F y o u
c a n n c t a l l s w e r a l t i t e m , o n r i t i t a r r cgj o o l r t o t l r e n c x t t i : n e .y o u
. o p c o r l e b a c k t o L h eh a r d . eirt e l r r
l a t e r . Y o u r s c o l e w i l l h e t h c r o t a l n r r m b e ro I c o r r e c t
a1s,,ver.s.
6. Figures are not irecessarilydrawn to scale.
7. Y o u n - r a yc i o a n y r o u g h w o r k i n t h i s b o o k l e t .
I T i i e u s e o F n o n - p r o g r a r n m a b lcea i c u l ? t o r .is. sa l l o w e d .
9. T h i s t e s rc o n s i s t - o
c t 6 0 i t e m s . y o u w i l l h a v e 7 - 5r ' i r i r r t c s
t o a r r s v r er h e r n .
r0 L o n o t b e c o n c e n t e dt l r a t h ea n s w e r s l r e ep tr o v i d l ss p a c c s
f o r m o r ea n s w e r st h a n( h e r ea r ei L e m s
i r t h i si e s t .
C o p - r ' r i g h@
l 2 ( X ) 0C a r - i b [ e a nE . r ; r 1 1 j n a t i o nCs o L r n c i i
All riqlrt.s rc.scrvr..cl.
1. Which of rhefoilo;ing is NOT a funaa_ 5. Which of t}le foi Iou,jng meais of measure_
mental nrran+inr? '.menr'would
produceirhej;aSf ACCU,
RATEresuit assumingthe instrument used
(A) Temperature :
isworkingproperly? :
(B) Heat energy
(C) Length (A) Using a metre mle to measure the
(D) T-rme
length oF a desk
@) Using vernier calipers ro find lbe
thicknessof a piece of paper
z- vyntch ot rhef otlowr ng would be correct?
(C) Using a lever arm balance to find
the mass of a book
I I milliampere=10-6A (D) USing a siop walch io tinre a 400m
TT
u I megohrn = 10 6S)
race
ilI. I microcoulomb= l0-rC
(B)
A stuclentfinds the time for a ball to fall
50.0 crn in dil is l4.B s- She divides the
distanceby tlretime to fintl the speed,andthe
calcuiatordisplays3 -3783783.The bestway
to write thisvalueis
p)
'lhe
i - f o r c e v r h i c h k e e p s L h e . r r - r o oi n
r ro r b i r i s 10. V/irich of lhe follo'wing could be used ro 1,lncj
t h e a v e r a g es p e e d o f a n o b j e c t ?
rA) l-.-nAti.
(B)fiffi
(9) Distancetravelled
1-
Time taken
(D) i, Distance travelled x Time taken
ll
T
f. The elastic limit of tbe spring was "'
rA) i t s d i r e c t i o no f m o t i o n i s c h a n g i n g
but its speedis not
rFl\ its velocity is changing
(c) i t i s s t a t i o n a r y f o r am o m e n t i n m i d -
alr
(D) ,l has no unbalanced force acting
on it
Two identicalcoveredtinsaresuspended by
. stringsfronrabeam.Tin Pisfull ofsandwhile
T i n Q i s e r n p t - yY . o U c a nt e l l w h i c h i s w h i c l r
bygivingeach apush-Thefulltin will require
3 larger push to 3tartswinging. This is
o e c a u s e1 t n t ' l s
rR) ltTv
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
l{ I
a
trt-
(D) I and III only
(D) I2 1it.
- n|t,
2 Brass cylinder
S o i n e m o l t e n n a p h t h a l e n ea t 1 0 0 " C i s 21-
allowed to cool down atroolntemperature.
If naphthalene h a sa m e l t i n gp o i n t o f 8 0 ' C ,
,r which of the following BEST represents
thecooling curve? /;':;
.* -----
0 /'c
lGo
1A) 80
Ice wrapped in
copper gauze
i/min
Which of the following would causethehot air
EloC ,t abdve a fire to rise?
'I\
@) I-
'
Increase in the speed of:thi.air
t\
molecules
n- Expansionof theaii
I, III- Decrease in the density of the air
ra) llldJJ
LJ. Which of the follorving occurswhen atoms
rR') voiume arrange themselves in a regularly repeated
(c) preisure pattern?
@) temperature
(A) Crystallisarion
(B) Evaporation
20" The unit for specificlatentheatof fusion is
(C) Difrusion
Q)) Condensation
/A! J
(B) j kg-t
(c) JK'
(D) J kg-t11't
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La- Which of thefollowing is true.ofevaporation? 26. Which of thefollorving graphsis.obrainedif
the volume of a fixed masS of ,gas, ar a
(A) I t o c c u r s t h r o u g h o u tt h el i q u i d a t n o constantpressure,is plofted again5tj 15(slvin
- de.finitetemperature, temperafure?
(B) i Itoccurs atrhesurfaceoftheliquidat
iro defi nite temperature- (A)
(C) Ir occursat the surfaceof rheliquid at
a defi ni ie i.emperature-
' Ir occurs itrroughout tlre liquid at a
CD)
definite temperarure.
25- 'glass-house'
The effect refers to the
glass-houseacting as a heat trap. This is a ci
directresul t of
27.
r-i
(A) PQ
rR) QS
(c) QR
@) QT
\ii fLichof rhe fcllowing stareinenrsaboutsoun<l Jl-
is |lCT coriect'?
(A) S o u n d i s t r a n s m i r t e da s t r a n s v e r s e
i
. \\'aves.
G) Soundmaybeproducedbyvibraring
systelIS. The figure above shows a w.ave-frontabout*
(C) Sound does not travel through a to reach a reflecting surf'aceXy. Which
of
vacuum. the followingwouid representthe waveironr
@) Soundftavelsmoresiowlythanlight. 4fterreflection?
rl:..'
I t e m 2 9 r e f e r st o t h e f o l l o w i n g , *
t'
T w o p a r a l l e l s c r a t c h e sa r e m a d e o n a s l i c l e
which is otberwisepaintedblack. The slideis (A)
rnounted so ihat the scrarchesare parallqf io X \r
,Q
An experintenrof this [zpe was first (B)
nFrF^--.r }-,,
rAl Newton
rR) r vurS
(c) Huygens tL,
X
(D) Foucault
I f)ifFacrion
ll. Kerractton
IIi. Interference
r , A) i only
rR) IIIonly
(c) I and IiI oniy 32- S o u n d w a v e s a r e c l a s s i f i e da s l o n g i t u d i n a l
(D) I , i I a n dI I I o n l y sincethey
(A) I only @)
CB) trIonly
(q i and [i,l onlY
@) I, iI airdill only'
. ''
. .,:
3,<- Wtrich of the flollorving: d.m6hi'traiesthe
a+-\
39- W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o * , . i n g w o u l d b e r r L r e o f r h e' . \
f,,h" fcrtI o r.vi ng graphs it Iu
. i m a g ef o r m e d t , y i h e l e n so f a c a m e r a . l :11):l: srraIes an
A LT'ER_NIATll.J G c u ren t ?
I. Irisvirtual.
II. It is real. C u r r e nt
UI. Irisdiminished.
rA) o
IV, It is upright
rA\ Ionly
'$ (c)
(D)
c) II and III oniy
I and IV only
fVonly (B)
.
Currenl
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(A) V: IR
(B) P:Vt
(9) Q=It
(D) E: Pt
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44. Whichofthefollowingstatementscollcenr-
ing ammetersis correct?
Its Circuit
resistance connection
r-rer
II
In an eleclric water heatertlremetal parts' not
T______J 46.
ipcluding the heatercircuit, areconnectedto
earthby a conductor' Thereason for this is to
ffi
(D)
(A) Preventashortcircuit
(B) setuP an electric field
(C)' setupapotential differencebetu'een
the metal Parts4nd earth
@) ensu.rethat thbrnetalpartsarekept at
the same Poiential as earth
,
q 7
t
ll
'l&!r4!
1-1 refersto the iollo'wine 1-Vgraphsfc'r
v a r i o u s c o r r d u c t i n gl t t e d i a u n d e r c e r l a i t i
conJitions
(A) 'lr {
(c)
(D)
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1')
(A) Ionly
(B) IIoniy
(C) I and til only
@) iI and III only
(B)
51.
(A) iron
(B) copper
(C) plastic
(D) brass
rl
ttr
ri
II J.I The gleater the nulnber of lurns of ri
coil thesmallertheinduccde.m.f- .J
:
iII. T h e f a s t e rt h e m a g n e tm o v e ) ^r e l a - :
I
t i v e t o t h e c o i l [ h e g r e r r e rt h e tl
ir
i n d u c e de . m . f -
IV. T h e s t r o n g e rt h em r g n e ti h eg r e a t c r
t l i e i n d u c e dc . m . f .
(A) I a n dI V o n l y
(R) I a n dI I i o n l y
(C) l I a n dI i l o n i y
(D) I I I a n dI V o n l l ,
,14 Itenr 4 8 re [cr-sto t]re tb I io'* in e 1-Vgraphs tor
----J----_}-- -- various coriducting rlrc,diaunder certain
l_--l conJitions.
t-_l
--
i_--
'-l
tl
tl
I (A)
' l !'
'l L---J
rA) goesthrougheachoftheresistors
(B)' goesthroughthelargesg;esist6ronly
@)
(c) goes tfuough the smallestresislor
only
(D) eouals the sumof thecurrentsin t.he
tworeslstors
(D)
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49. A i-iorthpole and a south pole of two equally 5U. A semi-conductor diodeprotiuceshalf- wave
strongmagneLsare brought neareachother. recUfication of alternating cll neitt. \\'hich o f
If the earth's magnelic field is ignored,the thefollowing statements u,ouldbe true?
magneticfield linesbetweenthepoleswould
l o o kl i k e I. The current obtained has a
. consLantvalue-
II. The current obtainedflows only in
one direction-
(A) III. There are periodswhen no current
flows from the source.
(A) Ionly
(B) IIonly
(C) I and III only
@) il and III only
@)
5l-
(A) jron
(B) copper
(C) plastic
(Dj brass
t i r ei n d u c e de . m . [ .
(A) I a n di V o n l y
(B) I a n dI I I o n l y
(C) I I a n dI l l o n l y
(D) I I I a n dI V o n ) 1 ,
5j. A c o n d u c t o . ; r- o, r a t i n g i r r I u n i f o r n t
nlagltciic
f i e l d , i n c i u c es r n a x i m u n y/ tllejl
t n s t a n i r n e o u sc u r _ r>ftitc follr,rr iit.<
s t ; i t c r r , c t i L st n i r j ,
r e : t Iw n c n i h e ; c n d u ct 1r , : , ] t S used r o d e f i n et h er e r r n , h a l f _ t i i e i i b(
ihernlgrretrC
t l c l r ' ll i ; t es a r
/
II r, ,
JIts i,ar.,.
t e g u i r e db v a n u - ,
(A) 30" .,.r.';.0:::;e
(B) ,1(o
Il. It is thetime fornelf
(c) 90"
o f r h en u c i e io f
s a n r p l et o d e c a y -
(D) I 80" ]r rr rr. _.a
.l rlDe (aken for
samr.lle rrrr,Jo.^.^.
ti .,
."
. Ii?_9,:1"9*:',rn.;;,';;:il:;
.rratlrts
origirral
v:rlrre
54. An ideal ransfonnerhas
6 000pijmary rurns
and 4 000 second;rry
tu.ns. 1-ieis..onarry
(A) Ionty
currentis q) I andtI only
lCi II andIIIonty
(A) l/2 of theprimary.u.reqt.. (D) I, II andIIi
(B) 1:
2/3 of thepin
(C) "d.r,;;;;
.. ,n.
3/2ti tnestJreprimarycun_ent
58'
\D) twrcelheprirnarycurrent ile+ 3
- r y. o ' " 1
T l r ee q u a t i o n
ab
tiveae'ca]Ji"'Jiii,ltotese'is rheradioac-
55- cr-parriclespassrhrough ertatnnucJetrs-The
a piece of gold fbil- of x and y are. v,alues
.r ls observed that
sorne of the
Ct_pzu-ticIes are defl ected
direction,a very small
from,the i r origi n aI v
numb.roi-rtr"* n.,n, (A)
deflectedtl:rough Iarge nl
angio 1.tl1.."-f*rin.,.nt n )\
providesevidence t.hat \U) !J]
52
r /-\
\vl tJ I
_51
f\ ' D \ l2<
(A) rhearornofgold is very
', rJg
53
snrlll
(pl rhearon asma IIposirivelv
t n''tJ"i5""or1^ 5q Fronr which of the
(C) an Cr_particleisrepelled following can a sheetof
by theelec_ I e a d o f t l i i c k n e s sI
trons in thegold atom rrmprovidegoodprotec_
tro.?
(D) Cr_p:rrticlesare much
. larger fhan
zltonts
.I. d_particles
tI. B-particles
3o. . III- y_rays
AccordingtotheRutherford_Bohrnrodelofa
n e u t r a l ,s t a b l ea t o m ,
ifn = nurn6.r of neu_ (A)
trons, p = number I and II only
of protons ancl (B) I and III onlv
€ = number of eiectrons
in theltom, thenfirr
allelements I:? u andrrroniy
(D) I, II and ill
(A)
(B) P=e 60. W h i c h o f r l r ef o l l o w i n
(c) ti*,;=n ott sotrsjs ass.ciated
(D) *; tr, nu. l.o,. ;;;;;;
t7+n=e ;*
a v
lA
\r^J\ I hontpson
(B) Bohr
(.() Chati-wick
(D) Eirr.srein
IIi \/()u n-iNI'siIIJri'oRE
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