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THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAME

KINDOROKO GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL
FORM TWO SECOND PRE–MOCK EXAMINATIONS

031 PHYSICS

Time: 2:30 Hours Year: 2024

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.

2. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

3. Section A and C carry fifteen (15) marks each and section B carries seventy (70) marks.

4. All writing must be in blue or black ink.

5. Cellular phones, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.

6. Write your Examination Number on the top right hand corner of every page.

7. Where necessary the following constants may be used:

(i) Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 m/s2
(ii) Density of water = 1.0g/cm3 or 1000kg/m3

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

QUESTION NUMBER SCORE EXAMINER’S INITIALS

7
KINDOROKO PRE MOCK2 2024

10

TOTAL

CHECKER’S INITIALS

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SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. For each of the items (i) – (x) choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write
its letter beside the item number in the answer table provided.
(i) What is the name given to the study of weather and climate which relates greatly with physics
as its instruments such as rain gauge and wind vane use principles of physics?
A Astronomy B Geophysics
C Meteorology D Solar system

(ii) Which of the following is one of the importance of First Aid in the physics laboratory?
A First Aid prevents risk of electric shock to a student
B First Aid promotes recovery to a victim by bringing hope
C First Aid is a real treatment to a seriously injured person in the laboratory
D First Aid promotes loss of unconsciousness to a fainted person

(iii) The Voltmeter sketched below indicates an error because its pointer reading is not at zero mark
before measurement or before the voltmeter is connected in a circuit.

0 1
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Which type of error is this?

A Parallax error B Human error
C Zero error D Instrumental error

(iv) A wooden cube of volume 0.3𝑚3and density 750𝑘𝑔⁄𝑚3is floating in water. What fractional
volume of the cube is submerged in water?

A ¾ B
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(v) Why a gas can be compressed into a small space such as cylinder but a liquid cannot?
A The distance between molecules of a gas is greater than that of a liquid
B The molecules of a gas attract each other more strongly than that of a liquid.
C The distance between molecules of a gas is smaller than that of a liquid.
D A gas cannot be seen by naked eyes but it can be just felt.

(vi) What charge is stored in a capacitor of capacitance 200𝜇𝐹connected across the potential
difference 10V?
A 2× 10 −6 𝐶 B 2C
C 2000C D 2 mC

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(vii) A person standing between two parallel mirrors fixed on the two opposite walls of a shaving
salon observes many of his images. Why this happens?
A The angle between parallel mirrors is 900 forming 3 images of the object between them.
B The angle between parallel mirrors is 00 forming multiple images of the object between
them.
C The number of images are only 2.
D Nothing happens.

(viii) An aeroplane flies 360km in 4hours.What is this velocity in its SI unit?

A 90𝑘𝑚⁄ℎ B 25𝑚⁄𝑠
C 25𝑘𝑚⁄ℎ D 360𝑚⁄𝑠

(ix) The temperature of a liquid read on a thermometer in Celsius scale is 500𝐶. What is this
temperature in the Fahrenheit scale?
A 820𝐹 B 1220𝐹
C 100𝐹 E 3230𝐹

(x) Which one of the following is not correct when it is applied in sustainable energy to generate
electricity?
A Hydro-electric power stations are easy to setup.
B Windmills are noisy.
C Hydro-electric-power plants degrade the environment.
D Windmills cannot be setup near the seabed.

ANSWERS
S/N (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x)

ANS

2. Match each item in List A with the correct response in List B by writing its letter below the number
of the corresponding item in the answer table provided.
LIST A LIST B
(i) Effect of magneton iron material A Torsional force
(ii) Resistance of a fluid to flow B Tension
(iii) Effect of twisting a soft metal such as a wire C Weight
(iv) Effect transmitted through a string D Friction
(v) Effect of opposition causing tear and wear E Viscosity
F Nuclear force
G Attraction
H Extension

ANSWERS
S/N (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
ANS

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SECTION B (70 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section

3. (a) Suggest three (3) methods used to retain magnetism in magnets from being lost for a long time.
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4. (a) A Form Two student is in the physics laboratory performing an experiment on the topic
equilibrium of forces. He uses a metre rule and the knife edge. He observes that when the knife
edge is placed at the centre of the metre rule, then; the metre rule balances horizontally, as shown
in the figure below

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Knife edge

Where l represents the length of the metre rule.

Why does this happen?
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(b) A uniform metre rule (100cm long) is pivoted at 40cm from its one end. If 400g mass is
suspended at 20cm from the fulcrum (the knife edge) to balance the metre rule horizontally,
what be the mass of the metre rule?

5. (a) Abu is a Form Two student. When he studies about simple machines, he gets an idea that they
are there to simplify work, but he confuses their two concepts of “Mechanical Advantage
(M.A)”, and “Velocity Ratio (V.R)”. Assist him to clarify these two concepts.

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(b) A screw jack has efficiency of 40% and is used to lift a load. If the pitch of the screw is 0.5cm,
what is the velocity ratio (V.R) of this jack?
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6. (a) Explain the following terms as applied in linear motion:

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(b) A train travelling at 10𝑚⁄𝑠 stops when its brakes are applied. The train suffers a deceleration
of 2𝑚⁄𝑠2.
(i) How long does the train take to come to rest?

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(ii) What is its initial velocity?

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(c) If an object is at rest, until when will it continue to beat rest? State the law of motion you can
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7. (a) A man weighing 70kg pushes a vertical wall 2m high but the wall doesn’t move. What is the
work done of the man?
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(b) A mango of 0.2kg mass takes 0.5seconds to fall freely from its mango tree, to the ground, a
vertical distance of 5m. calculate
(i) The kinetic energy possessed by the mango on the ground
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(ii) The maximum speed of the mango.
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8. A student wants to investigate the variation of pressure in a liquid with depth of the liquid. He uses a
tin containing water with depth 0.5m. He then punches the tin to make two holes A and B. Hole A is
at 0.1m below the surface of water and hole B is at 0.4m from the surface of water as shown in the
figure below

0.1m

Hole A
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(a) On your opinion, from which hole on the tin will the water spurt the farthest? Why?
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(b) Re-draw the tin holding water shown above and show how pressure in liquid (water)
varies with depth of hole A and hole B. hence, state this variation.

9. (a) State the difference between density and relative density of a substance
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(b) A piece of copper metal of volume 5.0𝑐𝑚3has a mass of40.0𝑔.Determine the relative density of
copper

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(c) A measuring cylinder below contains water before and after a stone is immersed in, as shown
below. What is the volume of the stone?
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700cm3

300cm3 Stone

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SECTION C (15 Marks)
Answer the question ten (10) below
10. (a) Draw the circuit symbol of each of the following electric components:
Name Circuit symbol
(i) A dry cell

(ii) A battery consisting of two dry cells

(iii) Switch or key

(iv) A lamp or bulb

(v) Ammeter

(vi) Voltmeter

(b) By using connecting wires, construct a simple electric circuit involving a dry cell, a
lamp, a switch, an ammeter and voltmeter.

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