PRESIDENT’S OFFICE,

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

KIGOMA DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION

031/1 PHYSICS 1
Time 3 Hours Friday, 23th May, 2025 A.M

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty-four (54) marks and section
C carries thirty (30) marks.

4. Non-programmable calculators and mathematical table may be used.

5. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)
7. Where necessary the following constants may be used:
(i) Acceleration due to gravity, = 10 ms-2

(ii) Density of water ,=1000kgm-3

(iii) Velocity of sound in air=340ms-1

This paper consists of 8 printed pages

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 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 answer booklet(s) provided.
(i) What would be the reason behind for the door of a physics laboratory to be
designed open outward?
A. To meet the conditions that would be instructed by the laboratory
technician.
B. To make people able to run comfortably as they get out the laboratory.
C. To allow safe exit in case of emerging accidents.
D. To allow enough air to enter in the laboratory
E. To allow dangerous radiations get out the laboratory.

(ii) The diagram below shows a piece of ruler and the position of the eye of a
Form One student who is measuring length of an object by using the ruler,
unfortunately he/she gets an error.

Eye Eye
Ruler

0cm 1cm 2cm 3cm

What value and type of the error does the student get?
A. 0.2 , instrumental error.
B. 0.2 , parallax error.
C. 0.8 , instrumental error.
D. 1.2 , parallax error.
E. 0.8 , parallax error.

(iii) An aluminium block of mass 2kg rests on a steel platform. A man applies a horizontal
force of 10N to push the block horizontally, but the block does not move. If the
coefficient of static friction between the platform and the aluminium block is 0.6, why
the block does not move when it is pushed by the man?

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 A. The force applied by the man to the aluminium block is less than the static frictional force
trying to oppose the motion of the block.
B. The force applied by the man to the block is greater than the static frictional force trying
to oppose the motion of the block.
C. The normal reaction provided by the surface of the platform to support the aluminium block is
200N.
D. The aluminium block takes large surface area on the platform.
E. The speed of the aluminium block along the platform is too small.

(iv) How much would be the new reading if 50 drawing pins, each of average
volume 0.1cm3 were added to the water contained in a burette whose initial reading was 35.5cm3?

A. 14.5 cm3 B.40.5cm3 C.35.4cm3 D .85.5cm3 E. 50.1cm3

(v) Which of the following statements is not true about the particles in a gas?
A. The particles of gas move at high speed.
B. The collision between the gas particles and the wall of the container is elastic.
C. The gas particles move randomly in all directions.
D. The gas particles are arranged in regular patterns.
E. The particles of gas cannot be seen by naked eyes but they can be just felt.

(vi) People eat food every day without missing. What form of energy do people get from food after eating?
A. Mechanical energy B. Heat energy C. Solar energy D. Radiant energy E. Chemical energy
(vii) A girl is looking her smile face at the reflecting surface of a plane mirror.
Which one of the following characteristics will be of the image of this smile face?
A. Real B. Magnified C. Inverted D. Virtual E. Diminished

(viii) A stone of mass 2kg falls from a tall building 5m high and strikes the ground.
What speed o impact would be experienced by stone on the ground?

A.100m/s B.900m/s C.25m/s D.30m/s E.40m/s

(ix) By comparison, the perception of radio waves around a hill is better than the
Perception of television waves around the same hill. Which one of the following would be the set of
reasons for these transmissions of electromagnetic waves:
A. Radio waves have large diffraction around a hill due to long wavelengths they have,
while television waves cannot diffract around a hill because they have shorter wave lengths than
that of radio waves.
B. Television waves have large diffraction around due to short
Wavelengths they have, while radio waves cannot diffract around the hill because they have
long wavelengths.
C. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves while television waves are mechanical waves.
D. Radio waves have speed t h e same as that of light while television waves have no speed at
all.
E. Television waves are longitudinal waves while radio waves are mechanical waves.

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 (x) The environmental pollution and global warming are the world problems nowadays.
Which one of the following is the root cause of these problems?
A. Use of sustainable sources of energy for cooking
B. Burning non-renewable materials such as fuels which produce a lot of carbon dioxide
and that is then wasted in the atmosphere.
C. Afforestation measures. D. Most of people do not study meteorology.
E. Depletion of ozone layer.
2. Match the items in LIST “A” with the correct response in LIST “B” by writing the letter of
the correct response besides the item number in the booklet provided.
LIST A LIST B
(i) Electron gun A. Cathode ray tube used for the production of
(ii) Voltage Diode Valve cathode rays during thermionic emission.
B. Metal tube consisting of cooling fins and lead
(iii) Charged X-plates
Shielding and is used for production of X-rays
(iv) Fluorescent screen during thermionic emission.
(v) Cathode rays C. A beam of electron consisting of both cathode
and anode.
(vi) X-rays
D. Used to deflect beam of electron horizontally
in the cathode ray tube.
E. Can be d e f l e c t e d by both
m a g n e t i c and electric field.
F. Used to deflect electro-beam vertically in the
cathode ray tube.
G. Cannot be deflected by both magnetic and
electric field.
H. Coated phosphor materials and is used to
Grow electrons.
I. Work function of a metal.

SECTION B (54 Marks)Answer ALL questions in this section

3. (a) With the aid of diagram, describe how the eye of a person suffering from
short- sighted cannot see a distant object clearly. (4 marks)
(b) Two bulbs A and B are connected in parallel across the battery of e.m.f 6V
with negligible internal resistance as shown in the figure below:
Bulb - A

Bulb - B

E=6V

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 If the resistance in bulb A is 2Ω and that in bulb B is 3Ω, how much current
will flow in bulb A? (5 marks)

4. (a) Two people X and Y of the same heights are carrying a bucket full of water by using a
uniform wooden rod AB. The position of person X is at the centre of gravity C of the rod AB
and that of person Y is at end B. The bucket is hung between
centre C and end B of the wooden rod as shown in the figure below:

A •C B

X Bucket with water Y

This shows that person X carries more weight of the bucket and the wooden rod AB than
person Y. What would be the appropriate position of person X and that of the bucket so that
both X and Y carry exactly the same weight? Why do you think so? (4 marks)

(b) A man applies a force of 100N at the end of a lever 2.4 m long to raise a stone
weighing 500N required for his building as shown in the figure below:
100N

Lever

Stone
F
Ground

500N

(i) What class of level is this? (1 marks)

(ii) How far from the stone should the fulcrum, F, be placed so as to balance
the lever horizontally? (4 marks)
5. (a) Briefly explain one reason for each of the following:
(i) The walls and floors of broadcasting studio and a theatre room are
always covered with soft curtains and carpets.
(2 marks)
(ii) We can hear people talking in the near places even without seeing them. (2 marks)
(iii) An electric bell ringing inside a closed bottle does not produce sound. (2 marks)
5.(b) A pipe closed at one end has a length of 10cm. determine:
(i) The wavelength of the sound wave due to air vibrating in this pipe. (1 mark)
(ii) The fundamental frequency of the sound wave due to air vibrating in this pipe. (2 marks)

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6. (a) Why a dam or pond of water is always constructed with thicker walls at its
bottom than at its top? (2 marks)
(b) With the aid of the diagram, show that the pressure in a liquid does not
depend on the base area of a tank containing the liquid. (2marks)

(c) A hydraulic press has piston 1 and 2 whose cross-sectional areas are 0.02
and 0.1 respectively as shown in the figure below. A car weighing 5000N
sits on a platform mounted on the larger piston. How much force must be
applied to the piston 1 so as to lift the car? (5 marks)
(

W = 5000N

F =?
Piston 1 Piston 2
A1 = 0.02m 2 A2 = 0.1m2

7. (a) Briefly analyze the reason for each of the following:

(i) The cooking utensils and boilers are made of metals (2 marks)
such as aluminum but their handles are made of plastic materials or wood.
( i i ) Soft clothes such as blanket and coats always keep our
during winter. ( 2marks)

(iii) To keep a house warm, it must be made with double walls and double
glass windows that trap air between them ( 2 marks)

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(b) Carbon -14 undergoes a beta decay to produce nitrogen (N). Write down the
balance d nuclide equation for this process and hence determine the number
of neutrons of nitrogen formed. ( 3marks)

8. (a) Humidity is the amount of water vapour present in the atmosphere. Analyze
four sources from which water vapours are evaporated to the atmosphere. ( 4marks)
(b) With the aid of a graph, explain the effect of temperature on the density of
water. ( 5 marks)
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer two (2) questions from this section
9. (a) In which way does a wire carrying electric current and placed between the poles of
two magnets as shown in the figure below tend to move? (3 marks) Explain your
answer using a scientific rule.

S
N wire

S I (current)
N
(b) Explain any four (4) causes of power losses in a transformer that can reduce the
efficiency of the transformer. (6 marks)
(c) A 240V mains transformer has 1000 turns in its primary coil and it is
designed to supply electrical energy to a 12V, 24 W lamp. Determine the efficiency
of the transformer if the current drawn from the 240 V mains is
0.125 A. (6 marks)

10. (a) (i) Heat and temperature are closely related but they are actually different. State
three (3) differences between heat and temperature. (2 marks)

(ii) On a particular liquid-in-glass thermometer, the distance between 00c (ice point)
and 1000c (steam point) is 23.3cm. What would be the distance between the 300c
and 600c marks? (2 marks)

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10.(b) (i) Astronomy in general is the study of the universe and all heavenly bodies.
Analyze four (4) bodies that compose the physical universe. (2 marks)

(ii) Earthquake is one of the disasters which brings hazards to people and their
properties. Its causes are both natural and human activities. Briefly explain
two (2) causes of the Earthquake which are natural and one (1) cause which
is due to human activities.
(3 marks)
(c) (i) Why does the swimming pool appear much shallower than its actual depth?
(ii) A swimming pool appears to be 1.5m deep. If the refractive index of water
is 4/3, determine the real depth of the pool.

11. (a) A bicycle dynamo and an a.c dynamo both have the same purpose of
generating electricity but they function differently. With the aid of diagram
explain how the bicycle dynamo works. (5marks)
(b) Study carefully the circuits (X) and (Y) shown below, each connects a battery,
a bulb (lamp), a switch and a junction diode in series, then answer a question that follows:
Diode Diode
(X) (Y)
Lamp Lamp

Switch Switch
Battery Battery

What happens to the lamp in both circuits X and Y when the switch is
closed? Why? (5 marks)

(c) The density of a wood is 0.8 times that of water. If a cube made of this wood
were placed in water, what fractional volume of the wooden cube would be
immersed in water? (5 marks)

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