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:
Acceleration due to gravity, g =10m/s2.
Density of water = 1g/cm3or1000kg /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) Physics is the study which deals with matter. What does it relate to?
Power
Energy
Force
Work
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(ii) What does someone pays for if he/she buys sugar from the shop?
Mass
Density
Volume
Weight
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(iii) What does 20,000 g mass equal to?
2 tonnes.
2 kg.
2000 kg.
20 kg.
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(iv) Which one will need much force to pull or push than the other between 10 kg of stone and 10 kg of cotton?
10 kg of stone will need much force than 10 kg of cotton.
10 kg of cotton will need much force than 10 kg of stone.
Same force will be needed in both.
10 kg of stone is heavier than 10 kg of cotton.
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(v) Relative density of a substance is 2.5. What is its density?
Equal to the density of water.
Greater than the density of water.
Equal to the volume of water displaced.
Less than the density of water.
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(vi) Why does a body float in a fluid?
Because its density is greater than the density of the fluid displaced.
Because its density is less than the density of fluid.
Because the weight of the fluid displaced is equal to its weight.
Because the weight of the fluid displaced is less than its weight.
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(vii) Which of the following forces can cause the mosquito larva to float on water?
Surface tension.
Adhesive forces.
Friction forces.
Cohesive forces.
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(viii) Which phenomenon explains the assertion that the narrower the tube the further the water rise?
Capillarity
Diffusion
Osmosis
Brownian movement
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(ix) Which pair of the following parameters affects pressure at any point in a liquid at rest?
Density and volume
Depth and area
Area and volume
Depth and density
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(x) What is the SI unit for power?
Joule per metre
Meter per second
Meter per second2
Joule per second
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(xi) What will be the number of images formed when two plane mirrors are set perpendicular to each other?
4
3
5
2
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(xii) Which device is used for detecting small electric charges?
Proof plane
Capacitor
Electrophorus
Gold leaf electroscope
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(xiii)What is the equivalent resistance of two resistors of 4 Ω and 6 Ω connected in parallel?
0.66 Ω
10 Ω
2.4 Ω
1.5 Ω
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(xiv) What is the name of the region surrounding a magnet in which the magnetic force is exerted?
Magnetic field
Magnetic shielding
Magnetic pole
Magnetic domain
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(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?
5m
6720m
0.2m
4480m
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(xvi) Which of the following groups of machines represents the first class levers?
Wheel barrow and bottle openers
Fishing rod and sugar tongs
Crowbar and claw hammer
Nutcracker and pair of scissors
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(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?
Distance against time graph.
Acceleration against time graph.
Velocity against time graph.
Displacement against time graph.
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(xviii) What force is required to give a mass of 40 kg and acceleration of 0.2 m/s`
200N
0.005 N
8N
20N
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(xix) Which of the following devices is used for measuring the upper fixed point of a thermometer scale?
Hydrometer
Hypsometer
Thermometer
Barometer
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(xx) Which of the following is not one of the sources of sustainable energies?
Water
Wind
Sun
Dry cell
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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.
(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.
(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.
(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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .