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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA 
FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

031 PHYSICS

Time: 2:30 Hours Year: 2021

Instructions

I . This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.

2. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

3. Section A carries thirty (30) marks, section B fifty (50) marks and section C carries twenty (20) marks.

4. All writing must be in blue or black ink except drawings which must be in pencil.

5. All communication devices, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the assessment room.

6. Write your Assessment Number at the top right corner of every page.

7. Where necessary the following constants maybe used: 

1. Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 m/s^-.
2. Density of water = I g/cm³ or 1000 kg/m³.

SECTION A (30 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i) -(xx), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter in the box provided.

(i) What is the name given to the people who study and work professionally in the field which relates matter and energy?

1. Scientists 
2. Gastronomists
3. Physicists 
4. Geophysicists

(ii) Which of the following experiments is the process of assigning numbers in measurement?

1. Qualitative experiment 
2. Quantitative experiment
3. Scientific experiment 
4. Physics experiment

(iii) What is the implication of the statement that when a body floats, its apparent weight is zero?

1. The weight of a floating body is less than the upthrust acting on it. 
2. The weight of a floating body is less than the weight of the fluid displaced.
3. The weight of a floating body is equals to the weight of the fluid displaced.
4. The weight of a floating body is greater than the upthrust acting on it.

(iv) Why particles in a solid state are closely packed?

1. Because they have weak force of attraction.
2. Because they have very weak force of attraction.
3. Because they have moderate force of attraction.
4. Because they have very strong force of attraction.

(v) Why do beans seem to swell up when soaked in water for overnight?

1. Due to diffusion action 
2. Due to capillary action
3. Due to adhesive force 
4. Due to osmosis process

(vi) Which statement correctly explains the term power?

1. Rate of doing work measured in watts.
2. Rate of doing work measured in watts per second.
3. The product of energy and time measured in joule-seconds.
4. Energy divide by time measured in joules.

(vii) Which of the following materials was the earliest natural magnet to be discovered?

1. A bar magnet 
2. Marble stone
3. Lodestone 
4. An electromagnet

(viii) What differentiates a single moving pulley from a single fixed pulley?

1. In single movable pulley, load is double the effort.
2. In single fixed pulley, load is double the effort. 
3. In single movable pulley, effort is the same as load.
4. In single fixed pulley, effort is double the load.

(ix) Which quantity describes the temperature at which pure ice melts at standard atmospheric pressure?

1. Vapour pressure 
2. Ice point
3. Latent heat of fusion 
4. Melting point

(x) What criterion supports the argument that potential and kinetic energies are similar? 

1. Both produce heat.
2. Both are forms of mechanical energy.
3. One is the substitute of the other.
4. Both are forms of electrical energy.

(xi) Why do the racing cars designed in such a way that their centres of gravities are lowered?

1. To increase the centre of gravity.
2. To decrease the stability.
3. To lower the stability.
4. To increase the stability.

(xii)What happens when the body moves with a constant speed?

1. Its acceleration is zero.
2. Its acceleration increases. 
3. Its acceleration decreases.
4. Its deceleration increases.

(xiii) Which class of levers do wheel barrows, nut-crackers and bottle openers belong?

1. Third class 
2. Second class
3. First class 
4. Fourth class

(xiv) How would the formation of image in the plane mirror be described? 

1. Same size as object, virtual and upright.
2. Larger, real, and upside down.
3. Smaller, virtual and upright.
4. Larger, virtual and upright.

(xv) What parameter (s) affects the magnitude of the energy of a moving body?

1. The speed of moving body.
2. The mass of moving body.
3. The speed and mass of the moving body.
4. The force of gravity.

(xvi) The following observations are correct on the concept of structure and properties of matter except

1. A drop of water on clean glass spreads over the surface of glass.
2. Water wets glass but mercury does not.
3. A pond skater is capable of walking on the surface of water.
4. Water falls inside the tube but mercury rises when poured in the same tube.

(xvii) Why the weight of a body is greater at the poles than at the equator? 

1. Because the earth is not perfectly spherical.
2. Because weight is not constant.
3. Because weight is measured by spring balance.
4. Because gravity is greater at the poles.

(xviii) Which of the following devices work by the help of atmospheric pressure? 

1. Flushing tanks and Hydraulic press.
2. Lift pumps and Hydrometers.
3. Bicycle pumps and Syringes.
4. Lactometers and Thermometers.

(xix) What is the function of a capacitor in electronic devices?

1. Detect charges on materials.
2. Produce electrostatic charges through induction.
3. Store electric charges.
4. Produce electrostatic charges through rubbing.

(xx) The amount of current flowing in the circuit is 4.0 Amperes. If a potential difference is 48 V. what is its resistance?

1. 12V 
2. 12 Ω
3. 12A 
4. 24Ω