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(i) What is the ratio of the number of turns on the primary FORM FOUR DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION – MAY, 2023
to the number of turns on the secondary? (4 marks) 031 PHYSICS 1
Time: 3: 00 Hours Wednesday, 24th May, 2023 A.M
(ii) What type of a transformer is it? Explain. (2 marks)
Instructions
1. 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 any two (2)
questions from section C.
3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B carries fifty
four (54) marks and section C carries thirty (30) marks.
4. All answers must be in blue or black ink except drawings
which must be in pencil.
5. Non – programmable calculators may be used.
6. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials
are not allowed in the examination room
7. Write your Examination Number at the top right corner of
every page of your answer sheet.
8. Where necessary the following constants may be used.
(i) Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 m/s2 or 10 N/kg
(ii) Density of mercury = 13.6 kg/cm3 or 136000 kg/m3
(iii) Pie, π = 3.14
(iv) Specific heat capacity of ice = 2.1 x 103 Jkg-1 K-1
(v) Specific latent heat of fusion of water = 3.4 x 10 5 Jkg-1
(v) Density of water = 1 g/cm3 or 1000 kg/m3
(vi) Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 x 103 Jkg-1 K-1

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 SECTION A (16 Marks) S = distance covered
Answer all questions in this section
1. For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer among Derive the third equation of linear motion (5 marks)
the given alternatives and write its letter besides the item num-
ber in the answer sheets provided. (b) A daladala bus travelling from Kolandoto to Ndala stopped
(i) Statements outlined below correctly describe features of a suddenly and the passengers started to push it from inside.
Physics laboratory, except; Will the bus move? Explain how you reached to your an-
A. Enough room well supplied with adequate amount of swer (4 marks)
gas, electricity and water
B. Adequate sinks, well illuminated and ventilated (c)Train C and D starts moving at the same time along a
C. Entrance doors which open outwards and inwards straight line with uniform acceleration of 4m/s2 and 2m/s2
D. Store for keeping apparatus respectively. Initially, the trains are 10km apart, train C be-
E. A big demonstration table and drainage system
ing behind. How long will it take for train C to overtake train
(ii) A house building contractor fitted window glass panes which
someone cannot see through, but the rooms are fully illumi- D, and what is the distance measured from the starting
nated with light. These types of glass panes materials are point of train C? (6 marks)
said to be;
A. Opaque B. Dim C. Translucent D. Transparent E. 10. (a) We can not hear echo in a room. Explain (4 marks)
Shine
(iii) A student at a certain school observed a needle floating on (b) Form four students from Masekelo Secondary School visit-
water and was so surprised. What property of water made ed Kaole Art Centre as part of their study tour. When they
the needle able to float? were at the music department, they were surprised to find
A. Diffusion B. Cohesive C. Surface tension D. Ad- that all the stringed instruments such as guitars and violin
hesive E. Osmosis were provided with hollow boxes. As a Physicist, explain to
(iv) Why are walls of a dam made thicker at the bottom than at them why are all the stringed instruments provided with
the top?
hollow boxes? (5 marks)
A. At the bottom, wind exerts a greater pressure
B. At the bottom of the dam more stones and other de- (c)The fundamental frequency of a sonometer wire increases
bris collected
by 5 Hz if its tension is increased by 21%. How will the fre-
C. Thicker dam walls at bottom saves space and wall
materials to be used quency be effected if its length is increased by 10%?
D. Pressure is higher at the bottom than at the top
(6 marks)
E. So as to enable water to have a great collection
space 11. (a) With the aid of diagram, describe the structure of induction
(v) A negatively charged rod is brought close to an uncharged coil and briefly explain its mode of action. (6 marks)
metal sphere which is held on an insulated stand. Which of
the diagram, best showing distribution of charge on the (b) Briefly explain two reasons why the induced e.m.f in in-
sphere when the rod is near? duction coil is usually very large (3 marks)

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 that they leave a small gap between the successive lengths
of the rails while laying the railway tracks.
(i) Briefly explain why gaps are left between rails. (2 marks)
(vi) Which one of the following is the cause of the ocean tides?
(ii) If no gap is left, what happens (2 marks) A. Gravitational force of the earth on the moon
B. Rotation of the earth about the sun
(b) Determine the amount of thermal energy required to C. Rotation of the earth about its axis
change 1 kg of ice at -10 0 C to water at room temperature D. Gravitational force of the moon on sea water
25 0 C (5 marks) E. Rotation of the moon about the earth
7. (a) Give, with brief explanations, one practical application of a (vii) Why it appears that, when the sun shines on the dark – col-
concave mirror in which a real image is used and one in oured driving wheel of a car, the wheel feels warm?
which a virtual image is used. (4 marks) A. It is because the sun warms the car by induction
(b) The image in a converging lens is upright and magnified B. It is because the sun gives energy to the wheel by
four times. Calculate the object distance if the focal length convection
is 20 cm. (5 marks) C. It is because the sun radiates thermal energy to the
8. (a) Satellites are usefully in our daily life. Give two importance wheel
of earth’s satellite (4 marks) D. t is because the sun radiates heat to the glass win-
(b) How many alpha and beta particles are emitted when Urani- dows
um 238U92 decays to lead 206Pb82 ? E. It is because the sun conducts thermal energy to the
(5 marks) wheel
(viii) Two waves pulses one with a positive amplitude and other
SECTION C (30 Marks) with equal negative amplitude travel on cord approaching
each other. What is the result of the oscillations when
Answer any two questions from this section pulses reach the same points?
A. It is a constructive interference with twice the ampli-
9. (a) Given the first and second equations of linear motion as fol- tude
lows: B. It is destructive interference with zero amplitude
C. It is constructive interference with slight greater am-
V = u + at …………….. First equation plitude
D. It is constructive interference with the negative ampli-
S = ut + 1/2at 2 …………….. Second equation tude
E. The standing wave is produced
Where a = acceleration (ix) A real object O is placed at a distance x cm in front of a
spherical mirror of focal length a cm.
u = initial velocity 1.The image is inverted and the same size as the object O
2.The image is real
v = final velocity
Choose one of the statements A to E for agreement with 1
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 A. Convex mirror and x = 2a
B. Concave mirror and x = 2a (b) Uniform metal beam of length 5 m and mass 9 kg is sus-
C. Concave mirror and x = 4a pended horizontally by two wires attached at 50 cm from the
D. Concave and x = a/2 left end of the beam and 150 cm from the right end of the
E. Concave mirror and x = a beam. Furthermore, loads of 60 N and 150 N are placed at
(x) Which substance does not contract if cooled from 2 0 C to 0 the quarter and three - quarter length of the beam respec-
0
C? tively, from the left end. Determine the tension in each wire.
A. Iron B. Pure oil C. Pure water D. Brass E. Silver (4 marks)

2. Match the items in List A with response in List B by writing the 4. (a) When a uniform hydrometer is floated in a liquid of density
letter of the correct response beside the item number in the an- 0.80 g/cm3 , 17 cm apart long of hydrometer is submerged
swer sheet provided. in a liquid. What length of the hydrometer will be submerged
if it is floated in another liquid of density 0.85 g/cm3 ?
List A List B
(i) It contains alcohol as its thermo- A. Upper fixed point (4 marks)
metric fluid and mercury as the B. Thermometer
temperature indicator C. Maximum - mini-
(ii) Works on the principle that as the mum thermome- b) Two airplanes A and B are moving with speeds 60 m/s and
temperature of a liquid changes ter 60 m/s due east and due north respectively. If wind is blow-
the liquid expands or contracts D. Liquid - in - glass ing at 15 m/s due west, what is the velocity of airplane A with
(iii) Have narrow bore tubes and large thermometer respect to that of B as observed by a stationary observer on
bulbs E. Lower fixed point the ground. (5 marks)
(iv) Used to measure human body F. Constriction
temperature G. Mercury 5.(a) The lead - acid car battery is of 12 V. The e.m.f of a dry cell
(v) Is the melting point of water H. Sensitive ther- is about 1.5 V. Can you replace the car battery by 8 such
(vi) Is the boiling point of water mometer cells in series for starting the car? Give reason to your an-
I. Alcohol swer (4 marks)
J. Quick - acting
thermometer (b) The headmaster’s house from Ndala Secondary School is
K. Clinical thermom- fitted with 5 bulbs of 100 W each, one electric press of 220 V
eter drawing 2 A of current, 4 fans of 110 W each and a heater
of 1120 W. If all the appliances work for 2 hours a day, find
the electric bill for the month of April. The Tanzania Electric
SECTION B (54 Marks) Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) charges 250.00 Tan-
Answer all questions zanian shillings per kWh of the electrical energy supplied.
(5marks)
3. (a) A pulley system is used to lift a body of weight 400N when an
effort of 100N is applied. If the efficiency of this machine is 6. (a) An engineer of the company that constructs Tanzania
80%, draw a sketched diagram of this machine. (5 marks) Standard Gauge Railway instructed his workers to ensure

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