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The League of Nations faced many humanitarian and peacekeeping challenges.
Hitler established a clear set of aims for his foreign policy.
The outbreak of the Korean War tested the American policy of containment.
Objections in East European states to Soviet control met with resistance.
Both sides tried many ways to achieve a breakthrough on the Western Front.
The war had an impact on civilians in many different ways.
Germany faced difficult times in the aftermath of the First World War.
Germany's economy and society were put under strain as the Second World War progressed.
Despite rising discontent in the years up to 1905, the Tsarist regime survived.
Many factors contributed to Stalin's ability to achieve and maintain control over the USSR.
The boom brought advantages for some Americans but did not benefit all.
Although the New Deal attempted to address many problems, it faced criticism.
Hitler's conquest of most of mainland Europe was rapid.
Civilians across the world suffered as a result of war.
Option A: Nineteenth century topic Did Americans blame Spain for the sinking of the Maine? Study the Background Information and the sources caref...
Option B: Twentieth century topic What was the real purpose of the Marshall Plan? Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and...
Option A: Nineteenth century topic Was Spain responsible for the sinking of the Maine? Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, ...
Option B: Twentieth century topic Did the blockade of Berlin ever have a chance of succeeding? Study the Background Information and the sources car...
The prefixes nano (n), micro (μ) and pico (p) are often used with units. Which row shows their correct values?
A crane has an arm to which is attached a frictionless pulley. A cable passes over the pulley and supports a load of 10 kN as shown. [Figure 2.1] T...
The SI unit of specific heat capacity is J kg⁻¹ K⁻¹. What is the unit of specific heat capacity expressed in SI base units?
Quantity X has a fractional uncertainty of x. Quantity Y has a fractional uncertainty of y. What is the fractional uncertainty in X/(Y²)?
PQR and XYZ are wires in a circuit. A galvanometer connects Q and Y as a null indicator. [Figure 5.1] When the galvanometer reads zero, which state...
An object has an initial velocity u and an acceleration a. The object moves in a straight line through a displacement s and has final velocity v. T...
A car is travelling at constant velocity. Its brakes are then applied, causing uniform deceleration. Which graph shows the variation with distance ...
A ball is thrown across a flat field. [Figure 8.1] Which statement describes the motion of the ball, when the effects of air resistance are ignored?
Which statement defines force?
A particle of mass m, travelling with speed u, collides with a stationary particle of mass M. The velocities of the two particles before and after ...
An object falls freely from rest in a vacuum. The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity v of the object. [Figure 11.1] Which graph,...
The diagram shows a uniform beam PQ. The length of the beam is 3.0 m and its weight is 50 N. The beam is supported on a pivot 1.0 m from end P. A l...
Two forces, each of magnitude F, act at points V and W on an object. The two forces form a couple. The shape of the object is a right-angled triang...
A giant squid of length 20.0 m is vertical in seawater, with the top of the squid at a depth of 8.00 m. The density of seawater is 1050 kg m⁻³. Wha...
The force diagram shows an aircraft accelerating. At the instant shown, the velocity of the aircraft is 40 m s⁻¹. [Figure 15.1] At which rate is it...
A man is running in a straight line. What is an approximate value of his kinetic energy?
The pump of a water pumping system uses 2.0 kW of electrical power when raising water. The pumping system lifts 16 kg of water per second through a...
A metal wire is stretched by a load. The force-extension graph is shown. [Figure 18.1] What is represented by the area under the whole graph?
The Young modulus of steel is twice that of copper. A 50 cm length of copper wire of diameter 2.0 mm is joined to a 50 cm length of steel wire of d...
With which types of wave can the Doppler shift be observed?
A distant star is receding from the Earth with a speed of 1.40 × 10⁷ m s⁻¹. It emits light of frequency 4.57 × 10¹⁴ Hz. The speed of light is 3.00 ...
The graph shows the variation with time of the displacement of two separate waves X and Y. [Figure 22.1] Wave X has frequency f and amplitude A. Wh...
Diffraction is a term used to describe one aspect of wave behaviour. What does diffraction make possible?
The diagram represents the pattern of stationary waves formed by the superposition of sound waves from a loudspeaker and their reflection from a me...
A musical instrument called a bugle is a long tube with a mouthpiece at one end. The other end is open and flared, as shown. [Figure 25.1] A musici...
Monochromatic light of wavelength 5.30 × 10⁻⁷ m is incident normally on a diffraction grating. The first order maximum is observed at an angle of 1...
The diagram shows an electron in a uniform electric field. In which direction will the field accelerate the electron? [Figure 27.1]
The electric field strength at a certain distance from an isolated alpha particle is 3.0 × 10⁷ N C⁻¹. What is the force on an electron when at that...
Two large parallel plates X and Y are placed a distance of 5.0 mm apart and connected to the terminals of a 200 V d.c. supply, as shown. [Figure 29...
An electrical conductor has a resistance of 5.6 kΩ. A potential difference (p.d.) of 9.0 V is applied across its ends. How many electrons pass a po...
A fixed resistor of resistance 12 Ω is connected to a battery. There is a current of 0.20 A in the resistor. The current is now doubled. What is th...
Which measurements are taken in order to calculate the resistivity of the metal of a piece of wire?