O Level Physics 5054, topic 1.5.5
Turning effect of forces: past paper questions
17 Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 questions on Turning effect of forces (1.5.5) from 15 papers, 2023 to 2026. Mostly multiple choice. Open the paper or try a question free.
Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.
- Questions
- 17
- Papers
- 15
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 60
- Average per question
- 3.5 marks
- Largest question
- 14 marks
By type: Multiple choice 12 · Structured 5
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply3
- Analyse4
- Not banded10
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- calculateApply5 questions
work out from given facts, figures or information
- explainAnalyse4 questions
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- measureApply3 questions
- stateRecall3 questions
express in clear terms
- describeApply2 questions
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- determineApply1 question
establish an answer using the information available
- drawApply1 question
- identifyRecall1 question
name/select/recognise
- plotApply1 question
- useApply1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20262
- 20255
- 20244
- 20236
By session
- May/June8
- Oct/Nov9
By paper
- Paper 112
- Paper 24
- Paper 41
Questions on this topic
Showing 8 of 17, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 11May/June 2026, paper 11Multiple choice1 mark
Which quantity is a measure of the turning effect of a force?
- Try this questionQuestion 5Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
The diagram shows an athlete doing press-ups on a floor. The athlete is using both hands. The area of contact of each hand with the floor is .
- Try this questionQuestion 2May/June 2026, paper 22Structured7 marksHas a diagram
A heavy stone is placed on a plank of wood to make a diving board as shown in Figure 2.1. The point P is a pivot. The weight of the stone is , and the weight of the plank is .
- Try this questionQuestion 8May/June 2024, paper 11Multiple choice1 mark
Which statements describing the moment of a force about a pivot are correct?
- Try this questionQuestion 3Oct/Nov 2023, paper 22Structured8 marksHas a diagram
A plane, irregular lamina has a mass of . It hangs from a nail that passes through a small hole H near to the edge of the lamina. The nail acts as a pivot and the lamina can swing about it.
- Try this questionQuestion 2May/June 2025, paper 21Structured8 marksHas a diagram
State the principle of moments.
- Try this questionQuestion 3Oct/Nov 2023, paper 41Structured14 marksHas a diagram
A student investigates the indentation made by a glass ball in the surface of modelling clay. Describe briefly how to use the apparatus in Fig. 3.1 to determine the diameter of the glass ball.
- Try this questionQuestion 7May/June 2025, paper 22Structured11 marksHas a diagram
Fig. 7.1 shows a simple d.c. motor. The poles at the ends of the magnets are not labelled.