THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA
FORM TWO NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
031 PHYSICS
Time: 2:30 Hours Year: 2020
Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions.
3. Section A carries thirty (30) marks, section B fifty (50) marks and section C carries twenty (20) marks.
4. All answers must be written in the spaces provided.
5. All writing must be in blue or black ink except drawings which must be in pencil.
6. All communication devices, calculators and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the assessment room.
7. Write your Assessment Number at the top right corner of every page.
8. Where necessary the following constants may be used:
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) Physics is the study which deals with matter. What does it relate to?
(ii) What does someone pays for if he/she buys sugar from the shop?
(iv) Which one will need much force to pull or push than the other between 10 kg of stone and 10 kg of cotton?
(v) Relative density of a substance is 2.5. What is its density?
(vi) Why does a body float in a fluid?
(vii) Which of the following forces can cause the mosquito larva to float on water?
(viii) Which phenomenon explains the assertion that the narrower the tube the further the water rise?
(ix) Which pair of the following parameters affects pressure at any point in a liquid at rest?
(x) What is the SI unit for power?
(xi) What will be the number of images formed when two plane mirrors are set perpendicular to each other?
(xii) Which device is used for detecting small electric charges?
(xiii)What is the equivalent resistance of two resistors of 4 Ω and 6 Ω connected in parallel?
(xiv) What is the name of the region surrounding a magnet in which the magnetic force is exerted?
(xv) The moment of a force about a point is 1120 Nm. If the magnitude of the force is 5600 N, what is the perpendicular distance between the point and the line of action of the force?
(xvi) Which of the following groups of machines represents the first class levers?
(xvii)Which of the following will be a suitable graph to represent the motion for a body moving in a straight line with a uniform acceleration?
(xviii) What force is required to give a mass of 40 kg and acceleration of 0.2 m/s`
(xix) Which of the following devices is used for measuring the upper fixed point of a thermometer scale?
(xx) Which of the following is not one of the sources of sustainable energies?
2. Match each item in List A with a correct response in List B by writing a letter of a correct response below the corresponding item number in the table provided.
List A | List B |
(i) The energy which is associated with the volcanic (ii) The energy due to afforestation and deforestation. (iii) Natural resources that are used in the production of electricity without damaging the environment. (iv) The energy generated by means of large propeller on tall tower. (v) The energy produced by the Sun. |
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3. Complete each of the following statements by writing the correct answer in the space provided
SECTION B (50 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
4. (a) Write down the second and third equations of motion in a straight line.
View Ans(b) Explain the following terms as they are applied in motion in a straight line:
(c)A stone is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 50 m/s.
(i) Calculate the time that the stone will take to return back to the thrower.
(ii) What will be the maximum height reached?
View Ans5. (a) Which kind of energy is stored in objects like springs as a result of reversible deformation?
View Ans(b) Why there is no work done on the books when carried horizontally?
View Ans(c) A ball of 0.2 kg is dropped from a height of 20 m. On impact with the ground, it loses 30J of energy. Calculate the height it reaches on the rebound.
View Ans6. (a)Why is it easier to cut a bar of soap using a thin piece of wire than a thick one?
View Ans(b) State four applications of atmospheric pressure.
View Ans(c) A car of mass 8000 kg has one of its tyres having an area of 50 cm2 in contact with the ground. If this is four wheel drive vehicle, calculate the pressure exerted on the ground by the car.
View Ans7 (a)How does the centre of gravity of an extended body differ from the centre of mass of an object?
View Ans(b) Why a person climbing up a mountain is observed to bend forward?
View Ans(c) A moment of force of 320 Nm is formed when a force of 120 N is applied at right angle on the end of a spanner. How long is the spanner?
View Ans8. (a) State Newton's second law of motion.
View Ans(b) Give two examples of the application of the Newton's third law of motion.
View Ans(c) A ball A of mass 100 g moving with a velocity of 5 m/s makes a "head-on" collision with a ball B of mass 500 g moving with a velocity of 1 m/s in the opposite direction. If A and B stick together after the collision;
(i) Calculate their common velocity V.
(ii) Identify the type of collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
View AnsSECTION C (20 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
9. (a) Explain how the inclined plane makes it easier to move a load from a lower to a higher position.
View Ans(b) Draw a diagram of combined pulley system with velocity ratio of 4.
View Ans(c) A pulley system is made up of 8 pulleys. An effort of 200 N is applied on the pulley system. If the pulley has an efficiency of 80%, find the:
(i) Mechanical advantage of pulley?
(ii)Maximum load that can be raised by the effort?
View Ans10. Three resistors of 2 Ω, 4 Ω and 6 Ω are connected in series to a battery of e.m.r 24 V and have negligible internal resistance.
(a) Draw the circuit diagram including the battery, ammeter, switch and the three resistors.
View Ans(b) Find the current flowing in the circuit drawn in 10 (a) above.
View Ans(c) Find the potential difference at the ends of each resistor in 10 (a).
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