Practise 21 real questions on Kinematics from 2021 to 2026. See the answer and explanation as soon as you answer.
Kinematics is one of the 14 main topics in our O Level Physics (Cambridge (CAIE) 5054) question bank, and about 3% of its real questions come from it. Tayyari Karo has 21 real questions on this topic from 2021 to 2026, from Paper 1, Paper 2; 16 are multiple choice and marked instantly, and the rest are structured questions with a model answer. By difficulty: 14 medium, 5 easy, 2 hard.
Work through the questions below, then open the explanation for each one. Redo the ones you missed a few days later.
These are real past-paper questions. Think of your answer first, then open the explanation.
A student takes 20 minutes to walk from X to Y at a speed of 3.0 km / h. She turns 90° at Y and walks at a speed of 4.0 km / h for 15 minutes to reach Z.
What is her average speed from X to Z?
Answer: B. 3.4 km / h
Distance XY = 3.0 × (20/60) = 1.0 km; distance YZ = 4.0 × (15/60) = 1.0 km; total distance = 2.0 km; total time = 35 min = 7/12 h; average speed = 2.0 ÷ (7/12) ≈ 3.4 km/h.
A driver drives a car at uniform velocity along a road. The driver sees a hazard and applies the brakes.
What is the car's motion as it moves through the thinking distance and as it moves through the braking distance?
Answer: C. thinking distance: uniform velocity; braking distance: deceleration
During the thinking distance the driver has not yet applied the brakes, so the car still moves at uniform velocity; once the brakes are applied during the braking distance the car decelerates.
A driver sees a hazard ahead. The car travels a thinking distance while the driver reacts and a braking distance while the brakes act.
Which expression is equal to the stopping distance?
Answer: A. braking distance + thinking distance
Stopping distance is the total distance covered from seeing the hazard to stopping, which is the thinking distance plus the braking distance.
The speeds of the ball at A, B, C and D are vA, vB, vC and vD respectively. Arrange these four speeds in order from slowest to fastest.
vA, vC, vD, vB (slowest to fastest)
The ball's speed depends on how far it has fallen from its release height at A (energy conservation, smooth track, negligible air resistance): vA = 0 (released from rest, so slowest); C is a hump close in height to A, so speed there is still low; D is on the lower flat section, so faster than C; B is at the bottom of the deepest dip, the lowest point, so the ball is fastest there.
| Session | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
|---|---|---|
| May/June 2026 | 2 | 1 |
| May/June 2025 | 1 | – |
| Oct/Nov 2025 | 2 | – |
| May/June 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct/Nov 2024 | 3 | – |
| May/June 2023 | 1 | – |
| Oct/Nov 2023 | 1 | – |
| May/June 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct/Nov 2022 | 3 | – |
| May/June 2021 | 1 | – |
21 real O Level Physics (5054) questions on Kinematics from 2021 to 2026, from Paper 1, Paper 2. Each one shows the year, session and paper it came from.
Yes. Every question shows the correct answer and a short explanation the moment you answer.
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