Physics 9702 · 6 Deformation of solids
6.1 Stress and strain
Apply Hooke's law, define stress, strain, and Young modulus, and describe its experimental determination.
- Questions
- 183
- Years
- 2015–2026
- Multiple choice
- 113
- Written answer
- 70
- Average marks
- 5.5
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- Paper 1variants 11, 12, 13, 14113
- Paper 2variants 21, 22, 23, 2443
- Paper 3variants 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 3617
- Paper 5variants 51, 52, 53, 546
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| Year | Feb/March | May/June | Oct/Nov | Total |
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| 2026 | 3 | 12 | – | 15 |
| 2025 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 2022 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 2017 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 2016 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 |
| 2015 | – | 10 | 15 | 25 |
