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CENTRAL EAST EDUCATION DIVISION

2023 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK
EXAMINATION

PHYSICS
Wednesday, 15th March Subject Number: M164/II

Time allowed: 2 hour sessions

8:00 a.m. onwards

PAPER II

(40 marks)

(PRACTICAL)

PAPER II

Instructions Question Tick if Do not write in

1. This paper contains 7 pages. Please Number answered these columns
check.
2. Before beginning, fill in your examination 1
number at the top of each page of the
question paper.
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3. Write your answers on the question paper.
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4. This paper consists of two sessions, A and
B.
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5. Section A consists of two descriptive
questions on practical work to be
answered in 1 hour. Marks will be given
for accurate and orderly presentation of
facts supported relevant diagrams.
6. In section B, there two practical questions to be answered in 1 hour.
7. Marks for section B will be given for observation, accuracy and interpretation of results.
8. You should spend 30 minutes on each question. The 30 minute period allowed for each question
includes 3 minutes to tidy up the apparatus and have it checked by the supervision.
9. In the table provided on this page, tick against the question number you have answered.
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@ 2023 CEED MOCK TURN OVER!

1. With the aid of a diagram, describe an experiment, to show that liquid

pressure depends on height of the liquid.

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(10 marks)

2. With the aid of a well labelled diagram describe an experiment which

would be carried out to investigate the relationship between length of
wire and resistance

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(10 marks)

3. You are provided with a candle, matches, a lens, a lens holder, a meter
ruler and a screen.

a. Arrange the apparatus as shown in the figure below.

b. Light the candle

c. Move the candle (object) until it is 15cm from the screen.

d. Move the screen until a clear image is formed on the screen.

e. Measure the image distance, V and record it in the table of results.

f. Repeat steps c to e for object distances shown in the table below.

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g. Complete the (U+V) column of the table belo

Table of results
Object distance, U (cm) Image distance, V (cm) U+V (cm)

15

20

25

30

40

(5 marks

h. Plot a graph of (U+ V) against U.

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(4 marks)

i. Use the graph to find the focal length of the lens

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4. You are provided with a 500g mass, a spring balance, a nail, a metre rule
with holes drilled into it at regular intervals of 10cm and a wire or s a
string.
a. Arrange the apparatus as shown in the figure below.

b. Hooke the 500g mass 10cm from the fulcrum.

c. Hooke the spring balance on the last hole (100cm) from the fulcrum.

d. Lift the spring balance so that the metre rule is in a horizontal

position.

e. Record the reading on the spring balance in the appropriate spaces in

Table 1 below.

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Table 1
Distance of load from fulcrum (cm) Reading of spring balance Effort( N)

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30

50

70

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f. Repeat procedure b to e using the distances shown in the table.

g. Plot a graph of effort against distance between mass and fulcrum.

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(5 marks)

h. What is the relationship between the effort applied and the distance
from the mass to the fulcrum?
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(2 mark)

END OF QUESTION PAPER!

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