PRESIDENT’S OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COMPETENCY BASED EXAMS

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

FORM THREE ANNUAL EXAMINATION

031   PHYSICS

TIME: 3HRS  NOVEMBER, 2023

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A, B, and C with a total of eleven (11) questions
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and any two (2) questions from section C
3. Show clearly your work
4. Section A carries fifteen (15)marks, section B sixty (60) marks and section C carries twenty five (25) marks
5. All writing should be in blue or black pen except for diagrams that must be drawn in pencil.
6. Non-programmable calculator may be used
7. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
8. Write your examination number on each page of your answer sheet(s)
9. Where necessary, use the following constants

• Acceleration due to gravity(g) = 10m/s²
• Density of water = 1g/cm³ or 1000kg/m³

SECTION A (16 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section

1. For each of items (i) – (ix), choose the most correct answer from among given alternatives and write its letter beside item number in answer sheet provided

1. A bus carrying heavy load on its top carries is likely to overturn because.

1. It runs faster
2. Its center of gravity is low
3. Its center of gravity is high
4. Its equilibrium is neutral
5. It is at stable equilibrium

2. Which of the following conditions must be satisfied for a body to float?

1. Apparent weight is equal to weight of the fluid displaced
2. Real weight of the body equals to its upthrust
3. Upthrust equal to weight of fluid displaced
4. Apparent weight is equal to product of real weight of the body and its upthrust
5. Density of a body is equal to density of surrounding fluid

3. In an experiment, A simple pendulum showings between A and B. The amplitude of Oscillation is

1. Distance A to B
2. Half the distance A to B
3. Distance A to B and Back
4. Twice the distance A to B
5. The distance from A in one direction

4. From four students were discussing on properties of matter, where one of them said that solid has define shape and all member of group agreed. Which one could be the reason behind for solid to have definite shape?

1. It has high adhesive force
2. It has high surface tension
3. It has low viscosity
4. It has high cohesive force
5. It has low adhesive force

5. Angle was in a car, she tried to look at her friend who were outside of car through glass window, but she did not see well. You as a form as a form four student, what conclusion could you make on that glass window?

1. It is transparent material
2. It is translucent
3. It is opaque
4. It is not cleaned
5. It is black

6. Mndeme was cooking ugali in a good conductor container, but she seems to use iron handle which is covered by plastic at its holding handle to hold cooking container. Why did she use plastic handle and not iron?

1. Its good conductor of heat
2. It reflects heat
3. Its particles are dose to each other
4. It is poor conductor of heat
5. It is a good heat emitter

7. Which of the following do not affect the rate of evaporation of water in a dam?

1. Surface area
2. Depth
3. Humidity
4. Barometric pressure
5. Temperature

8. Racing cars rarely get accidents despite their high speed because

1. Have greater momentum
2. Have big tyres with treads
3. Have wide base and low center of gravity
4. Exert greater frictional force
5. Have less mass

9. Retina in human eye has same function as which part of the lens camera.

1. Shutter
2. Diagram
3. Film
4. Convex lens
5. Adjusting knob

10. Which of the following factors influence friction between the surface of the road and tyres of a car moving with a constant speed?

1. Weight and speed
2. Nature of the surface and weight
3. Surface area of the tyres and speed
4. Acceleration and Nature of surface
5. Speed and Nature of the surface

2. Match the following concept in List A with relevant description in List B by writing its letter beside the items number in sheet provided

SECTION B (54 Marks)

3. (a) Students from Mwenge University were climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Suddenly one of them started experiencing nose bleeding

1. Comment on why the student experienced nose bleeding
2. Why do astronauts wear space suits

(b) The acceleration due to gravity on Jupiter in about 2.6 times that of earth. A spacecraft has weight of 24500N on earth

1. What is the mass of space craft
2. What would be its weight in Jupiter

4. (a)(i) What do you understand by the term specific heat capacity and specific latent heat of vaporization

(ii) Explain the factors that affect boiling point of water.

(b) What is the index of refraction for a certain medium if the light in air enters the medium at an angle of 30° and refracted at 22°C?

5. (a)Describe how a lens camera operates the same way as human eye. Give three points

(b) Briefly explain how conduction of heat can be applied in your daily life (Three reasons)

6. (a)Briefly explain why the doors of oven are made loosely fitting

(b) A steel bridge over a motor way is 20m at 0°C. How much longer is it at 20°C?

7. (a)Explain why a bat can fly in the dark without hilting objects

(b) A soldier standing in front of a vertical cliff fires a gun, he hears the echo after 3sec. On moving closer to the diff by 82.5m, he fires again, and hears the echo after 2.5 sec. Find

1. The distance of the diff from initial position of the mars
2. The speed of sound

8. (a)You read a newspaper because of the light that it reflects. Why do you not see even a faint image of yourself in a newspaper?

(b) Name factors on which the angle of deviation produced by a prism depend

SECTION C (30 Marks)

Answer any two questions

9. (a)A wire is Answer is carrying current is it charged?

(b)Explain the following

1. A Kettle of water with steady supply of heats taken much longer time to boil dry it does to reach its boiling point.
2. How does molecular theory of matter account for drop in temperature which results when for evaporation of volatile liquid occurs

(c)Why is a dull Black surface a better absorber of heat than a brightly polished surface?

10. (a) In which way does a wire carrying electric and placed between the poles of two magnets as shown in figure below tend to move? Explain your answer

(b)Explain any four (4) causes of power looses in a transformer that can reduce the efficiency of the transformer

(c)A 240V mains transformer has 1000 turns in its primary coil and it is designed to supply electrical energy to a 12V, 24W lamp. Determine the efficiency of the transformer if the current drawn from the 240V mains is 0.125A

11. (a)(i)State Ohms Law

(ii) How does Ohm’s law explain the fact that the resistance of a conductor depends on area of Cross-section of the conductor.

(b) (i)Explain why the path of lighting is not straight but zigzag

(ii)Two negative charges were brought together as shown below, re-draw a well diagram to show the magnetic field lines on how these two charges interact, remember to indicate neutral point.

(c) Study the circuit below and answer questions that follow.

1. Calculate the equivalent resistance
2. What is the reading of Ammeter
3. What is the reading of Voltmeter?

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COMPETENCY BASED SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

PHYSICS                                                                        FORM             THREE

TIME: 3 HOURS                                                                             NOVEMBER 2022

Instruction

1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of eleven [11] marks
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two [2] questions from section C
3. Mathematical table and non – programmable calculator may be used
4. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room
5. Write your Examination number on every page of your answer sheet provided
6. Where necessary the following constants may be used

• Acceleration due to gravity g = 10mls²
• Density of water, p= 1000 kg /m³or 1g/cm³

SECTION A [15 MARKS]

1. For each of the items [i] – [x] choose the correct among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer sheets provided.

1. Which one among of the following is a factor on which up thrust exerted on a body by fluid depends:

1. Volume of the fluid B. Mass of the fluid C. Viscosity of the fluid D. Density of the fluid E. Temperature of the fluid

2. A layer of colour less water is carefully floated in a cylinder on top of blue copper sulphate solution after a time, the water becomes blue, because of?

1. Liquid friction B. Density changes C. Diffusion

4. Viscosity E. Pressure changes

3. If the mass of copper over the volume of copper is 8.9g/cm³. Find the volume 89g of copper

1. 10 ^-5 cm C. 10^-5m³
2. 0.1 cm³D. 100CM³E. 10cm³

4. Aluminum is used in making motor engines, pistons and cylinders due to

1. Its low density and high conductivity
2. Low density and maximum pressure
3. High density and varying mass
4. Its high conductivity and high density
5. Its heavy weight and low conductivity

5. The acceleration of a moving body may be found from;

1. The area under its velocity-time graph.
2. The slope of the velocity-time graph.
3. The area under its distance-time graph.
4. The slope of the distance-time graph.
5. The slope of the peak of its distance-time graph

6. Oil is used as a lubricant in a machine because it has

1. Low density
2. High viscosity
3. Low pressure
4. High pressure
5. Low viscosity

7. When light is totally internally reflected from the boundary of a certain transparent material and air the critical angle is found to be 50⁰ the speed of light in the material is

1. 2.1 x 10⁸m/s
2. 2.2 x 10⁸m/s
3. 1.94 x 10⁸m/s

D.2.3 x 10⁸m/s

E. 3.0 x 10⁸m/s

8. Why buildings are constructed with wide foundation?

1. Because of power
2. In order to reduce pressure exerted by the building on the ground
3. So as to build large house
4. To increase pressure of the ground so as to maintain holding the house.
5. To avoid earth quake

9. The energy from the hot rocks within the earth is called.

1. Tidal energy
2. Water energy
3. Cool- burning energy
4. Biomass energy
5. Geothermal energy

10. A reference was a certain device to judge football game in 90 minutes at MKAPA arena, that device was:-

1. Football C. Stop watch
2. Tape measure D. 90 Minutes E. Line man

Section B [60 marks]

Answer all questions

3. [a]. By using well labeled diagram, explain in short why the stem of the hydrometer is made thin and weighted with mercury or lead shorts? [06 marks]

[b]. A ship is made of steel and it is expected that it should sink in water. However it does not sink. At the same time a coin once dropped in water it will sink. How can you solve this contradiction so as to help a form one student who is totally confused? [04 marks]

4. [a]. It has been found the efficiency of a pulley system is always less than 100%. Giving two reasons explain the secret behind. [04 marks]

[b]. A meter rule is pivoted at its mid-point. If two objects of weigh 1.0N and 2.0N are suspended at 30cm and 90cm respectively from one end, calculate the position

5. [a]. State the laws of refraction of light

[b]. The diagram below shows a ray of light incident on a glass prism at an angle.

Complete the diagram to show as it emerges from the other side [05marks]

[c]. Sketch a ray diagram to show the formation of a solar ellipse [03marks]

6. [a]. Give one difference and one similarity between a fuse and a circuit – breaker [04 marks]

[b]. A cell supplies a current of 0.6A through a 2Ω coil and a current of 0.2Athrough a752Ω coil. Calculate the e.m.f and internal resistance of the cell [06marks]

7. [a]. Explain on the basic of conservation of linear momentum, how a fish propels itself forward by swishing its tail back and forth [04 marks]

[b]. A block and tackle system of 5 pulley is used to raise of 490N steadily through a is then 1800 J. calculate the efficiency of the system and efforts applied[06 marks]

8. (a) Explain four (4) factors affecting resistance of a conductor. (6 marks)

     (b) Describe two (2) defects of simple cell(4 marks)

Section C [25 marks]

Answer two [2] question form this section

9. When a simple pendulum displaced at a small angle swings to and fro, in this motion potential energy and kinetic energy changes by alternating each other. With the aid of diagram verify the alternation of these energies.(8.5 marks)

(b) A 50kg girl runs up a staircase of 50 steps each step is 15cm in height in 5s. Find Work doneagainst gravity by the girl and Power she use to run(4 marks)

10. (a) A drum at station A is connected to a wire string at station B. A man at A beats the drum while another person at B places his ear at the wire and hears two sounds separated by the time interval of 0.5 seconds. If the velocity of sound in the wire string is 5280m/s. How far apart are the two men. (5 marks)

(b) How long will it take a 240V, 3000W electric immersion heater to raise the temperature of 150 litres of water in a well lagged copper tank of mass 20kg from 15℃ to 70℃. Also find the cost at 5 shillings per kwh. (5 marks)

11. (a).A plane mirror and concave mirror both they produce an image from the given object. Draw the diagram to represent the formation of image in each case (for the concave mirror consider an object to be at the center of curvature, (C). Hence show two similarities and two differences of images formed. ( 6 marks)

(b) Explain the formation of mirage (4 marks)

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

   ANNUAL   EXAMINATION

FORM THREE-NOVEMBER 2021 

PHYSICS 1

Instructions

l. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.

2.  Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.

3.  Section A carries fifteen (15) marks, section B sixty (60) marks and section C carries twenty five (25) marks.

4.  Cellular phones and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination room.

5.  Non-Programmable calculators may be used.

6.  Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

1. Where necessary the following constants may be used:

(i)Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 m/s² or 10 N/kg

(ii)Specific heat capacity of mercury is 1395 J/kg°C

(iii) 1g of water is equivalent to 1 cm³ 

(iv)    Pi = 3.14.            

SECTION A (30 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer among the given alternatives and write its letter besides the item number in the answer booklet provided.

(i)The correct formula to find the elastic force constant (k) of a spring is

1. Tension/extension
2. mass/extension
3. extension/mass
4. extension/tension
5. tension/mass

(ii) Why is oil used as a lubricant?

1. It has low density.
2. It is highly viscous.
3. It is flammable.
4. it is inflammable    
5. It is less viscous. 

(iii)Which one is a characteristic of a plane mirror?

1. It forms image which is real and opaque.
2. It forms an image which is larger than the object.
3. It forms an image which is real and laterally inverted
4. It forms an image which has the same size as the object.
5. It forms an image which is smaller in size than the object.

(iv) In a light experiment, the results showed that less light was transmitted and the image was distorted. Which type of material was used?

1. A translucent material
2. An opaque material
3. A luminous material 
4. A transparent material
5. A non-luminous material

 (v)  What quantity of heat is required to raise the temperature of 25 kg sample of mercury from 20°C to 30°C?

1. 1,743,750J
2. 348,750J
3. 345,750J
4. 413,750J
5. 1,550,750J

(vi) Why is Mercury preferred in clinical thermometers as a thermometric of a liquid to water and alcohol?

1. It is denser than other liquids.
2. It is opaque and does not need colouring.
3. It is more sensitive to temperature.
4. It is active and does not wet the glass. 
5. It is a poor conductor of heat.

 (vii) Which of the following is an example of a scalar quantity?

1. Electric current 
2. Force
3. Velocity
4. Displacement
5. Acceleration

(viii)What role does the iris play in the human eye?

1. To hold the lens in position.
2. To prevent internal reflection.
3. To control the size of the pupil.
4. To control the thickness of the lens.
5. To protect the eye from light.

(ix) A launderer was thinking about a proper day for washing and drying clothes. Which day would he prefer most among the following?

1. Dry day 
2. Hot day 
3. Windy day
4. Still day 
5. Cold day

 (x) What will be the resistivity of a wire 2 metres long with a cross-sectional area of 0.50 mm² and a resistance of 2.20Ω 

1.  5.5 x 10^-7 Ωm 
2.  6.5 xlO^-7Ωm 
3. 2.3 x 10^-7 Ωm 
4.  1.1 x 10-⁶Ωm
5.  5.5 x 10^-6Ωm.

2. Match the items in List A with responses in List B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.

SECTION B (60 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.

3. (a) Briefly explain why hydrometer 

(i) is weighed with lead shots.

 (ii) has a narrow stem.

(b)    A piece of rubber of volume 100 cm³    and the density of 0.45 g/cm³ floats in water. Calculate:

(i) The volume of rubber that partially immersed in water.

(ii) The force required to immerse the rubber completely.

4.       (a) List four factors which affect the rate of evaporation of liquids.

(b)    (i)  Define relative humidity.

(ii)  Calculate the relative humidity given that the reading on dry bulb hydrometer is 24°C and the wet bulb temperature reading is 16°C.

(c)    With the aid of a sketched graph, explain how temperature affects the saturated vapour pressure of water.

5. (a) Briefly explain why hydrometer 

(i) is weighed with lead shots.

 (ii) has a narrow stem.

 (b)    A piece of rubber of volume 100 cm³    and the density of 0.45 g/cm³ floats in water. Calculate:

(i) The volume of rubber that partially immersed in water.

(ii) The force required to immerse the rubber completely.

6. (a) How does the increase of length and cross-section area of a conductor affect its resistance?

(b) (i) State the function of a circuit breaker in a wiring system.

(ii) Determine the ratio of resistance of wire A to that of wire B which are made up of the same material such that wire A has half the length and twice the diameter of wire B.

7. (a) Give two examples which illustrate the rectilinear propagation of light.

(b) (i) The refractive index of light passing from water to air is 3/4. Calculate the critical angle. (ii) Outline two differences between primary and secondary rainbows.

(c)    In Figure 1, identify the names of colours labeled A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

11. (a) Mention two practical examples in our daily life in which the principle of conservation of energy is applied.

(b)(i) What is a simple pendulum.

(ii) Describe the energy changes that take place when a simple pendulum swings from one side to another.

(c)Name a machine or an apparatus used to change the following forms of energy.

1. Heat energy to mechanical energy.
2. Mechanical energy to electrical energy.
3. Electrical energy to sound energy.
4. Sound energy to electrical energy.
5. Heat energy to electrical energy.

SECTION C (25 Marks)

Answer two (2) questions from this section

9. (a) State the following rules: 

(i)  Cork screw rule.

 (ii)       Dynamo rule.

(b)    (i) Give one structural difference between A.C. and D.C. generators. 

(ii)      Mention one application of induction coil.

(c)    Figure 2 shows a transformer used to step down power. Assuming that there are no power losses, what will be the ammeter reading on the output part?

10. (a) (i) What is meant by the term thermal expansion?

      (ii) Mention two applications of thermal expansion of solids.

(b)    (i) List three areas where bimetallic strips are used.

  (ii) Why a bimetal strip made of brass and invar is curved outside with brass?

(c)    Describe how simple fire alarm system operates.

11.(a) (i) What are sustainable energy sources?

(ii) State four applications of energy generated from water.

(b)(i) Define geothermal energy.

(ii)Briefly explain how geothermal energy can be harnessed.

(c)(i) What is a windmill?

(ii)Mention three disadvantages of energy caused by wind. (iii) Does wind itself possess energy? Explain.