RUNGIRI SECONDARY SCHOOL

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

FORM 4 MOCK TRIAL EXAMINATIONS
232/1 PHYSICS Paper 1
Aug. 2023 - 2 Hours

Name …………………………………………..Index Number…………..……Class...................

Adm No: ………………Candidate’s Signature: ………..… Date: .....................

Instructions to Candidates
 Write your Name, Index Number, Class, Admissions number and date in the spaces
provided.
 This paper consist of TWO sections; A and B. Answer ALL the questions in section A
and B in the spaces provided.
 ALL working MUST be clearly shown. Mathematical tables, electronic calculators and
slide rules may be used.
 Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the 13 pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
Take:g=10N/Kg, density of water=1000kg/m3
For Examiner’s Use Only
Section Question Maximum Candidate’s
Score Score
A 1-11 25
12 14
13 09
B
14 11
15 12
16 09
TOTAL 80

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 SECTION A (25 MARKS)

Answer ALL the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. The figure 1 below shows the reading on a burette after 185 drops of a liquid have been
used. If the initial reading was at zero mark, determine the volume of one drop. (2 marks)

2. Figure 2 shows some water trapped on a canvas tent.

(i) Give a reason why water is trapped on the canvas. (1 mark)

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(ii) State and explain what is observed when soap is smeared at a point X on the lower
side of the canvas. (2 marks)
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3. The figure below shows the instrument used to measure pressure

760mm

Mercury

a) Name the instrument (1 mark)

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b) What would be observed if the test tube is tilted assuming the instrument is
functioning normally? (1 mark)
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4. In an experiment to demonstrate Brownian motion, smoke was placed in a smoke cell and
observed under a microscope. Explain the observation. (2marks)
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5. Sketch a graph of volume against temperature for water being heated from 0oC to 10oC.
(2 marks)

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6. The rate of heat flow in thermal conductivity increases with increase in cross-section area.
Explain this observation. (1mark)
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7. The strip is placed on a pivot and kept in equilibrium by forces as shown in the figure below.

Calculate the values of R and T. (3 marks)

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8. The spiral springs shown in the figure below are identical. Each spring has a constant K is
300 N/m. Determine the extension caused by the 150 N weight (Ignore weight of springs and
connecting rods) (3 marks)

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9. The figure below shows a horizontal tube fitted with two other vertical pipes X and Y. Water
flows from left to right.

Explain why the level of water in tube Y is lower than the level in tube X. (2 marks)
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10. State and explain what happens to the stability of the candle below as it continues to burn?
(2 marks)

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11. Figure 9 shows a velocity –time graph for the motion of a certain body. Describe the motion
of the graph:

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(ii) AB (1mark)
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12. (a) The setup in figure 12 is used to investigate the factors affecting centripetal force.

(i) Indicate on the diagram the direction of the centripetal force, Fc on the rubber bung
(1 mark)
(ii) State the force which provides the centripetal force in this setup. (1 mark)
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(iii) Write the equation relating centripetal Fc, mass, m of the rubber bung and the angular
velocity, ω of the rubber bung. (1 mark)
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(b) Using the setup in figure 12, the variation of the square of the periodic time, T2 against the
radius r was investigated. The graph in figure 13 was obtained.

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(i) Determine the slope S of the graph. (3 marks)
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(ii) Using the equation 𝐅𝐜 = and the slope S of the graph, determine the centripetal force

Fc on the rubber bung. (m = 0.1 kg and π = 3.142) (3 marks)

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(ii) State two applications of uniform circular motion. (2 marks)
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(e) A car tyre is at an air pressure of 4.0 x 105 Pa. at a temperature of 270C. While it is running,
the temperature rises to 750 C. What is the new pressure in the tyre? (Assume the tyre does not
expand) (3marks)
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13. a) i. Define the velocity ratio of a machine ( 1 mark)

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ii. Draw a labelled diagram of a pulley system with a velocity ratio of 5 (2 marks)

b) The effort piston of a hydraulic machine is of radius 2.8 cm, while that of the load piston is of
the radius 14 cm. The machine raises a load of 120 kg at a constant velocity through 2.5 m. If the
machine has an efficiency of 80%, find;

i) The velocity ratio of the hydraulic machine (2 marks)

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ii) The mechanical advantage of the hydraulic machine (2 marks)

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iii) The effort needed to raise the load (2 marks)

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14. (a) (i) Distinguish between heat capacity and specific heat capacity. (2 marks)
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(ii) State one factor which affects the amount of heat energy required to raise the
temperature of a substance by a unit kelvin. (1 mark)
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(b) A copper calorimeter of mass 100 g contains 100 g of water at 25 oC. Some amount of ice
of mass M, initially at -20oC is dropped into the calorimeter. It observed that half of the ice
melted. (Specific heat capacity of copper = 400 Jkg-1 K-1, specific heat capacity of water =
4200 Jkg-1 K-1, specific heat capacity of ice = 2100 Jkg-1 K-1 and specific latent of fusion of
ice = 3.36 x 105 Jkg-1 ).

Determine the:

(i) heat lost by the water and the calorimeter (3 marks)

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(ii) expression in terms of M for heat gained by ice (3 marks)

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(iii) mass of the melted ice. (2 marks)
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15. Figure 14 shows a simple hydrometer.

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(i) State the reason why the bulb is wide. (1mark)

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i) State the purpose of the lead shots in the glass bulb (1mark)

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b) State Archimedes principle. (1mark)

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b) The figure below shows a block of mass 50g and density 2000kg/m3 submerged in a certain
liquid and suspended from uniform horizontal beam by means of a string. A mass of 36g
suspended from the other end of the beam puts the system in equilibrium.

(i) Determine the upthrust force acting on the block. (3marks)

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(ii) Calculate the density of the liquid (3marks)

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(iii) Calculate the new balance point of the 50 g mass (the 36g mass remains fixed) if the liquid
was replaced with one whose density was 1250Kg/m3 (3marks)

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16. The diagram in figure below shows an experiment to investigate the relationship between
volume and temperature of a fixed mass of gas at constant pressure.

a) Explain the function of:

i) Concentrated Sulphuric acid (1mark)

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ii) Stirrer (1mark)

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b) State two measurements that are taken in the above experiment (2marks)
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(c) Name law being investigated in the experiment above. (1mark)
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(d) Describe how the experiment above is used to verify the law. (4marks)
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