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SAME AND MWANGA SECONDARY SCHOOLS EXAMINATION
SYNDICATE (SAMWASSES)

FORM SIX PRE-MOCK EXAMINATIONS-2020

PHYSICS 1

CODE: 131/01

TIME: 3 HOURS 21st September 2020

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This paper consists of sections A and B with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and any two questions from section B
3. Section A carries seventy (70) marks and section B carries thirty (30) marks
4. Marks allocation has been indicated on each section
5. Cellular phones and any other unauthorized materials are not allowed in an
examination room
6. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used
7. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet
8. The following information may be useful.
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a) Acceleration due to gravity g=9 .8 m/ s
b) Universal Gravitational constant G=6.67× 10−11 Nm2 kg−2
c) Radius of the earth r e =6.4 ×103 m
d) Pie, π=3 . 14
e) Specific latent heat of ice ¿ 3.3 ×105 J /kg
f) Thermal conductivity of wood ¿ 0.16 Wm−1 K−1
g) Thermal conductivity of felt ¿ 0.04 Wm−1 K −1
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h) Specific charge m =1.8 ×10 C /kg
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SECTION A (70 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section. Each question carries ten (10) marks

1. a) Apply the method of dimension to:

i. Derive an expression for the lift force of a helicopter due to the spinning of
blades in air. ( 04 marks )
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ii. Check the correctness of the equation KE rot = 2 Iω , where KE rot is the
rotational kinetic energy, I is the moment of inertia of a rotating body and
ω is the angular speed of a rotating body. ( 03 marks )

b) The frequency of vibration of a body in a horizontal platform is given by

f=
√ g
4 π2 x
, where x is the amplitude and g is acceleration due to gravity. Find
the value of g from the following readings;
Frequency f =( 1.58 ± 0.01 ) Hz
Amplitude x=( 10 ± 0.01 ) cm ( 03 marks )

2. a) i) According to the Newton’s third law, action and reaction forces are always
existing in
pair and are in opposite direction. Will they cancel each other on addition?
( 03 marks )

ii) Differentiate the types of collision in terms of their coefficient of restitution.

( 03 marks )

b) A 10g bullet is fired at 200 m/sec into a 1kg block attached to a spring on a
smooth horizontal table. If the spring constant is 200 Nm−1, find the maximum
compression of the spring. ( 04 marks )

3. a) What would be the effect on the weight of a body if the earth stops rotating
about its axis?
( 02 marks )
b) State of weightlessness can be observed in four situations, mention them.
( 04 marks )

c) Two Simple Harmonic Motions are represented by the equations;

(
X 1 =5 sin 2 π +
π
4)∧X 2=5 √ 2 ( sin 2 πt+ cos 2 πt )

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What is the ratio of their amplitudes? ( 04 marks )

4. a) i) State two assumptions that are made on the treatment of projectile motion.
( 02 marks )

ii) The velocity of a maximum height of a projectile is half of its initial velocity
of projectionuo . What is the horizontal range of the projectile? ( 03 marks )

b) i) What is the nature of the projectile motion? ( 02 marks )

ii) An aero plane travelling horizontally at78 m/sec at a height of 210m drops a
bomb to hit a target. At what horizontal distance should the bomb be released
so as to hit the target?
( 03 marks )
5. a) i) Draw the energy distribution curve of black body radiation. ( 04 marks )

ii) State Stefan’s law. ( 02 marks )

b) The piston of a bicycle pump is slowly moved in until the volume of the air
enclosed is one fifth of the total volume of the pump and is at room
temperature of 290K. The outlet is then sealed and the piston is suddenly
drawn out to a full extension. No air passes the piston. Find the temperature of
the air in the pump immediately after withdrawing the piston, assuming that air
is a perfect gas withγ =1.4 . ( 04 marks )

6. a) i) What is thermal resistance of a substance? ( 02 marks )

ii) The peak of Mountain Kilimanjaro is closer to the sun than a boy on the
level ground. During a hot day, a boy on the level ground surfers hotness than
the ice on the peak survive while is closer to the sun. How can you explain
this? ( 03 marks )

b) A box is made up of wood 2.0cm thick covered with felt 1.0cm thick, the
effective area being1.1 m2. Ice is stored in the box which is in a room at15 ° .
How much ice will melt per hour? ( 05 marks )

7. a) Mention three uses of constellation. ( 03 marks )

b) State three defining characteristics of planet ( 04 marks )

c) Define the following;

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i. Primary waves ( 01 mark )
ii. Secondary waves ( 01 mark )
iii. Surface waves ( 01 mark )
iv. Earth quake ( 01 mark )

SECTION B (30 Marks)

Answer only two (2) questions from this section. Each question carries
fifteen (15) marks

8. a) i) What is drift velocity of an electron? ( 01 mark )

ii) Determine the momentum of a drifted electron in a conductor of length 10m

carrying a current of 0.5A. ( 03 marks )

b) i) State the maximum power theorem. ( 02 marks )

ii) A battery of 24V and internal resistance of 10Ω is connected to a variable

resistor. At what value of current drawn from the battery, the rate of heat
produced in the resistor is a maximum? Find also its value. ( 04 marks )

c) i) A 2H inductor of resistance 80Ω is connected in series with 420Ω resistor

and a 240V, 50Hz supply. Find
i. The current in the circuit. ( 03 marks )
ii. The phase angle between the applied p.d and the current. ( 02 marks )

9. a) Explain the following;

i. Base of any transistor is made thin. ( 02 marks )
ii. Collector is made very wide compared to base and emitter. ( 02 marks )

b) For the circuit shown in figure below, find the power dissipated in the
transistor. Assume β=100 and V BE=0.7 V ( 05 marks )

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c) i) State three properties of Opamp. ( 03 marks )

ii) A carrier of frequency 800 KHz is amplitude modulated by frequencies

range from 1 KHz to 10 KHz. What frequency range does each side band
cover? ( 03 marks )

10.a) A semiconductor has negative temperature coefficient of resistance, what does

this statement
mean? ( 02 marks )

b) In the amplifier circuit below, V i=+2.0 V

i. Calculate the output potentialV 0. ( 02 marks )

ii. The input signalV i is then replaced by the signal shown below. Copy this
diagram and add to it the corresponding output potentialV 0. ( 04 marks )

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c) In the figure below, the transistor is just saturated with an input d.c voltageV i.

i. What does saturation mean in this circuit? ( 02 marks )

ii. If the gain is 100, calculateV i, neglecting the base emitter resistance and
p.d
( 05 marks )

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