THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL

 PHYSICS FTNA 2016

SECTION A

(i)Results obtained from Physics experiment can form:

1. Scientific laws
2. Scientific Principles
3. Scientific Theories
4. Scientific Procedures

(ii)Which of the following are used to stop fire?

1. Matches
2. Extinguishers
3. Fuels
4. Brushes

(iii)If a micrometer screw gauge reads 5.0mm and 0.95mm for sleeve and thimble respectively, the length of object will be:

1. 5.95mm
2. 59.5mm
3. 0.595mm
4. 0.0595mm

(iv)The force which exists between two close bar magnets with like poles is known as:

1. attractive
2. repulsive
3. friction
4. compressional

(v)Buouyant force is mainly determined by;

1. volume and density
2. volume and mass
3. weight and mass
4. weight and density

(vi) which one is an example of force?

1. weight
2. mass
3. atom
4. magnet

(vii) Apparent loss in weight is known as;

1. upthrust
2. apparent weight
3. pressure
4. weight

(viii)An upthrust experienced by the body which weighs 5.0N in air and 3.2N when it is completely immersed in a liquid is;

1. O.4N
2. . O.6N
3. 1.6N
4. 1.8N

(ix)A physical phenomenon observed when a tea bag is dropped into a cup of hot water is called:

1. diffusion
2. capillarity
3. osmosis
4. solution

(x)The walls of a dam are made thicker at the bottom than at the top because the:

1. pressure of water at the bottom is greater
2. pressure of water at the bottom is less
3. weight of water at the bottom is greater
4. weight of water at the bottom is less.

(xi)How can you distinguish a lever from a pulley?

1. A lever turns on pivot while a pulley turns on an axle
2. A lever changes direction of applied effort while a pulley does not.
3. M.A. of a lever is effort arm over load arm while M.A. of a pulley is R/r
4. V.R of a lever is 2nr/P while that of a pulley is (R/r)² 

(xii)The term displacement means:

1. a distance covered in a given direction
2. a distance covered without direction
3. a rate of distance
4. a rate of velocity

(xiii)Which of the following is the most closely related to inertia?

1. Weight
2. Acceleration
3. Mass
4. Force

(xiv)Why is water unsuitable for a thermometer liquid?

1. It does not wet glass
2. It wets glass
3. It is opaque
4. It is a good conductor of heat.

(XV) The energy which is obtained from hot rocks underground is called.

1. geothermal energy .
2. solar energy
3. water energy
4. . wind energy

(xvi)ln Figure 1 the angle of reflection is equal to:

Figure. 1

1. 50⁰
2. 40⁰
3. 130⁰
4. 45⁰

(xvii) Unlike magnetic poles as well as unlike electric charges, when brought close to each other they tend to

1. attract each other
2. repel each other
3. exist in pairs
4. separate

(xviii)The resistance of on operating lamp rated 115 V and 0.25 A is

1. 460 ?
2. 29 ?
3. 114.75 ?
4. 230 ?

(xix)In which region can the north pole of a magnet be directed?

1. Towards the geographic North Pole
2. Towards the geographic South Pole
3. Along the Equatorial
4. Along the Coast of Antarctica

(xx)Ability of man to walk properly along a road is one of the applications of

1. stable equilibrium
2. unstable equilibrium
3. neutral equilibrium
4. neutral and stable equilibrium