PRESIDENT OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

DAR ES SALAAM REGION SECONDARY SCHOOLS EXAMINATION
FORM FOUR SPECIAL JOINT EXAMINATION

PHYSICS 1

031/1
TIME: 3 HOURS Friday, 7th June 2024 a.m.

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and any two (2) questions from section C.
3. All writings must be in blue or black ink, except for diagrams which must be in pencil.
4. Cellular phones are not allowed in the Examination room.
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)
6. Where necessary the following constants may be used:
(i) Acceleration due to gravity g = 10N/kg.
(ii) Pie  = 3.14

(iii) Density of water ցw = 1000kg/m3(1g/cm)

Page 1 of 6
 SECTION A: (16 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 booklet provided.
(i) An empty glass placed on a digital balance during experiment showed its mass to
be 43.63g. Water was then added in the same glass and the digital balance
recorded a new balance of 71.06g. What was the exact mass of water added into
the glass?
A. 114.69g
B. 27.43 g
C. 71.06 g
D. 43.63 g
E. 1.63 g

(ii) Form one student charged uncharged body by friction. Which particles were
transferred in new body?
A. Nuclei
B. Protons
C. Electrons
D. Nuclei and proton
E. Proton and electron

(iii) Form four students at a certain school asked why the knowledge of physics is
necessary to understand all other sciences. The research was concluded with the
following points, choose the best if you were asked.
A. Physics explains how energy passes from one object to another
B. Physics explains how gravity works
C. Physics explains motion of object that can be seen with naked eyes
D. Physics explains the fundamental aspects of the universe
E. Physics explains why object floats or sinks.

(iv) The figure below shows roughly the different parts of the electromagnetic
spectrum. Which of A, B, C, D and E represents the x-ray section?
A B C VISIBLE LIGHT D E

(v) Experiments in physics have showed beyond doubt that diffusion occurs more
quickly in a gas than in liquid, what is the correct factor analyzed below?
A. The liquid contains a layer on its surface
B. The gas contains semi permeable membrane
C. The gas molecule is small in size compared to the liquid molecules
D. The adhesion is larger than cohesion in gas compared to that in liquid
E. The speed of molecule in gas is greater than in liquid

Page 2 of 6
(vi) The heat under the ground is used to heat water to maximum leading to steam
which can turn generators and is totally friendly to the environment of Tanzania.
Using Physics terms; explain which kind of this electricity is produced.
A. Geothermal energy
B. Absorption energy
C. Thermal energy
D. Heat energy
E. Enthalpy energy

(vii) The same body is immersed in a liquid A and then in liquid B. The extent to
which the body sinks in liquid B is less than in liquid A. What conclusion can be
derived from such an observation?
A. The density of liquid A is more than the density of liquid B
B. The density of liquid B is more than of liquid A
C. The density of solid body is less than the density of both cases
D. The density of liquid A is the same as the density of liquid B
E. The upthrust of liquid A is the same as liquid B

(viii) A student wrongly arranged the circuit below to measure the resistance R of a thin
wire.
A
Rh

R
V
E

How can you make a circuit to wok correctly?

A. More E near V
B. Change position of Rh and R
C. Make Rh large
D. Interchange A and V
E. Remove A
(ix) A bucket is filled with water, a student says that pressure at the bottom of the
bucket depends on:
1. The height of the water
2. The area at the bottom of the bucket
3. The water surface tension
4. The density of the water
As a Physics teacher to be, identify the correct factors that said by student:
A. 1 and 3
B. 2 and 4
C. 1 and 2
D. 1 and 4
E. 3 and 4

Page 3 of 6
 (x) During the presentation in Physics class different groups discuss five statements.
You as a group leader in this discussion, clarify which statement is correct.
A. Electrons and x-ray are both particles
B. Electrons but not x-rays are deflected by magnetic field and electric field
C. Electrons are deflected by magnetic field but not electric field
D. Electrons are very heavy particles
E. In thermionic emission only ions are produced

2. Match the meaning of items which explain the electromagnetic induction phenomenon in
LIST A with its corresponding terminologies in LIST B by writing the letter of the
corresponding response beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
LIST A LIST B
(i) Made by replacing the slip rings in the a.c. A. Moving coil galvanometer
generator with accumulator B. Electromagnet
(ii) Direction of induced e.m.f C. Induction coil
(iii) Uses mutual induction between two coils D. Lenz’s law
(iv) Interaction of an electric current with a E. Faraday’s law
magnetic field F. Transformer
(v) Used in wireless telegraphy G. D.C generator
(vi) Detects the presence of current in a circuit H. A.C generator

SECTION B (54 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

3. (a) (i) Amina has a flag with blue-green (cyan) paints which she wants to make a pure
green. As a form four student help Amina which should be added to the paint to
make pure green? Hence explain the reasons of your answer.
(ii) When a slide projector is used the slide must be put upside down and the image is
magnified laterally as well as vertically.” Explain this statement.
(b) A simple microscope with a focal length of 5cm is used to read the division of scale
1.5mm in size. How large will the size of the divisions be as seen through the simple
microscope?

4. (a) Triangle law of vector addition is appropriate when adding two vectors. As a form
four student explain with the aid of diagram how can it be achieved?
(b) An airplane is flying east at 200km/h its velocity relative to the air. While a 100km/h
wind is blowing 45o northeast, what is the velocity of the airplane according to an
observer on the ground?

5. (a) A trolley moving at a uniform speed on a horizontal bench slows down when a lump
of plaslicine dropped vertically sticks to it. As physicist explain to your friend why
trolley slows down.
(b) A uniform rod 1m long of weight 0.5N is supported horizontally on two knife edges
placed 10cm from its ends. What will be the reactions at these supports when a
weight of 1N is suspended 10cm from the midpoint of the rod?

Page 4 of 6
6. (a) Anomalous expansion of water is said to have both useful and unuseful. Using the
knowledge of anomalous expansion of water justify the statement above using one
point in each case.
(b) The count rate recorded by a Geiger Muller tube (GM) and counter close to an
alpha particles source is 400 per minutes after allowing for the background count.
If the half-life of the source is 4 days:
(i) What would be the count rate 12 days later?
(ii) Why should the rate be determined over periods of several minutes rather than
over a few seconds?
7. (a) (i) If a pulley system is 100% efficient, its mechanical advantage is numerically
equal to its velocity ratio. However the efficiency of a pulley system is always
less that 100%. Explain with two reasons why so.
(ii) Draw an ideal pulley system with a velocity ratio of 4.
(b) A certain first class lever of length 2.5m has a velocity ratio of 12 and efficiency of
85%.
(i) How far from the fulcrum is the effort applied?
(ii) What effort is required to lift a load weighing 75N?
8. (a) In 2023 Turkey experienced massive earthquake that led to catastrophic effect to
the country. As an educated person explain to uneducated people the possible
causes of that earthquake.
(b) A pipe closed at one end has a length of 10cm. If the velocity of sound in the air
of the pipe is 340m/s.
(i) Calculate the frequency of the 5th overtone.
(ii) Give one reason why the frequency of the fundamental may alter during
the day.
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer only two (2) questions in this section
9. (a) Explain the following phenomena as applied in physics field.
(i) A bat can fly in the dark during the night without hitting an obstacle.
(ii) Why it is not advisable for soldiers to March across a bridge in rhythm.
(b) (i) What is the ratio of the number of turns required to match an 80
source to the 320 load?
(ii) In the diagram XY is a straight conductor carrying current in the
direction marked by an arrow. The conductor is held vertical by passing
it through a horizontal cardboard sheet.
X I

Y
Draw three magnetic lines of force on the board and mark the direction of
magnetic field in your diagram, hence state two factors on which magnitude
field at a point depends.

Page 5 of 6
10. (a) (i) Assume you are an electrical technician in a certain place asked to
identify the problem of short circuit in a given school. How would you
identify the problem?
(ii) A laboratory technician wanted to use 3 resistor to verify ohm’s law,
but in a school laboratory there were only resistors of 2. Show
diagrammatically how 3 resistor could be designed using those 2
resistors.
(b) The terminal P.d of a battery is 12V when an external resistance of 20 is connected
and 13.5V when an external resistance of 45 is connected. Calculate the e.m.f and
the internal resistance of the battery.

11. (a) (i) You’re a manager in Electronic Company during the designing of electronic
circuit all technicians in your company request npn transistor. Explain why
most transistors are npn?
(ii) Briefly explain why are some semiconductors called P-type and other N-type?

(b) (i) Describe the construction and mode of action of the PN junction semiconductor

(ii) Form four students participate in group discussion, some members are
misleading the vertical (Y) deflection and horizontal (X) deflection. As a group
leader make clarification on how these two aspects differ.

Page 6 of 6