THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAME
KINDOROKO GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL
FORM THREE MARCH MID–TERM EXAMINATIONS
031/1 PHYSICS 1
(For Both Private and School Candidates)
Time: 3:00 Hours Year: 2024
Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.
2. Answer all questions in sections 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 may be used.
5. Except for drawings which must be drawn in pencil, all writings must be
in blue or black ink.
6. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
7. Write your Name in Full on every page of your answer booklet(s).
8. Where necessary the following constants may be used:
Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10m/s2
Density of water, ρ = 1000 kgm-3
Pie, π = 3.14
Specific latent heat of vaporization of water = 2.3 x 106JKg
KSS MARCH MID–TERM 2024
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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) If a student gets an electric shock and fall down unconscious in physics laboratory, which of
thefollowing would you do first to help the victim?
A Administer breathing exercise
B Call another student to surround the victim
C Call medical doctor immediately
D Call a physics teacher to give the victim medicine
D Call a physics teacher to give the beat the victim
(ii) What will be the size of image formed if an object 4cm tall is placed 20cm in front of a
concavemirror of focal length 15cm?
A 0cm B 40cm
C 24cm D 12cm
E 56cm
(iii) An object falls out of an airplane and falls freely downwards its:
A Mass increases B Acceleration increases
C Gravity increases D Velocity increases
E Gravity becomes negligible
(iv) A house building contractor fitted window glass panes which some one cannot see through
butthe rooms are fully illuminated with light. These types of glass pane materials are said to be:
A Opaque B Translucent
C Transparent D Tinted
E Black body
(v) Buoyant force is mainly determined by
A Volume and density B Volume and mass
C Weight and mass D Weight and density
D Newtons and momentum
(vi) A constant horizontal force is applied to a body initially at rest on a smooth horizontal table.
Which of the following quantities will not change during the application of force?
A Position of the body B Acceleration of the body
C Velocity of the body D Momentum of the body
E Posture of the body
(vii) The weight of a body is 20N in air, 15N when totally immersed in water and 18N when totally
immersed in liquid L. what is the relative density of liquid L?
A 5 B 0.4
C 0.5 D 2.5
E 6.5
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(viii) A 2N force is applied on a straight air track at 300 to the horizontal. Its reaction will be:
A 1.7N B 1N
C 2N D 1.3N
E 4N
(ix) You feel more pain if someone with pointed high heel shoes steps on your foot than when the
sameperson with flat shoes steps on you because:
A The flat shoes are not as heavy as the pointed ones
B The leather of the shoes has big weight
C Pressure exerted is greater with pointed high heel shoes
D Pressure exerted is greater with flat shoes
E Inertia exerted by the friction force
(x) As the balloon goes up, the weight of air displaced becomes less and less. This means that the
upthrust.
A Is increased B Is equal to its weight
C Is reduced E Remains constant
2. Match the terms of wave in list A with the definitions of wave terms in list B by writing the letter of
the corresponding response beside the item number in the answer sheet provided.
LIST A LIST B
(i) Equal distance in equal time A Displacement
(ii) Constant rate of change of displacement B Uniform velocity
(iii) Rate of change of displacement C Acceleration
(iv) Constant rate of change of velocity D Velocity
(v) Distance covered from a reference point E Distance
(vi) Distance covered in a specified direction F Uniform acceleration
G Speed
H Uniform speed
I Velocity-time graph
SECTION B (54 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
3. (a) Explain three ways in which simple machine help people to simplify work.
(b) A machine having a velocity ratio of 5 requires 600J of work to raise a load of 400N. If the load
movesa distance of 0.5m, calculate the mechanical advantage and efficiency of machine.
4. (a) (i) Why most of vehicles have their engines and chassis placed as low as possible?
(ii) Briefly explain why with application of the same force on the same bolt, a spanner with
long stem will open a nut easily than the spanner with a shorter stem?
(b) A uniform rod with a mass of 120g and a length of 130cm is suspended by a wire from a point
80cm from the rod’s left end. What mass must be hung from the right end of the rod for it to be
in equilibrium?
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5. (a) A car is moving at 36km/h. what is the velocity in m/s that will:
(i) Double the momentum
(ii) Double the kinetic energy
(b) Why a ship cannot overturn when hit by a strong wave on one side?
6. (a) A technician was given a task of wiring a house. He was planning to connect four bulbs such
that, each bulb lights at its normal brightness. With two reasons, explain how he could connect
the bulbs.
(b) Two resistors 3Ω and 6Ω are connected in parallel to a 3V battery. Draw its circuit and calculate
the current passing through each resistor.
7. (a) (i) Why convex mirrors are used as driving mirrors? Give two reasons.
(ii) Give two effects of total internal reflection of light.
(b) An object 20 cm high is placed 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm.
Determine the position, nature and size of the image formed.
(c) The diagram below shows the dispersion of white light passing through the glass prism. Give
the name of the color represented by the numbers as shown in the figure above in order of
decrease of wavelength.
8. (a) Describe and explain the appearance of a red tie with blue sport when observed in
(i) Red light
(ii) Green light
(b) A box of 3kg is resting on a table. It requires a force of 8N to set the box sliding. A 1kg mass is
placed on top of the block. What force will be required to make the box start sliding?
SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer two (2) questions in this section
9. (a) Explain briefly how rainbows formed.
(b) Distinguish between additive and subtractive color mixing
(c) Briefly explain why:
(i) Mountain roads are winded up rather than keeping them straight
(ii) Sliding friction is less than static friction
(iii) Car tyres are made of rubber materials not of iron
(iv) It is easier for the fish to swim in water
(v) Vehicle tyres are made circular
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10. (a) Distinguish between the following reflection and refraction of light.
(b) A ray of light is incident on a triangular glass prism at an angle of incidence of 52° such that its
angle of prism is 48°. It travels through the prism and emerges at the other end. If the refractive
index of the glass is 1.5; calculate:
(i) The angle of refraction (r) at the first boundary
(ii) The angle of incidence (i2) at the second boundary
(iii) The angle of emergence (e) out of the prism
(v) The angle of deviation (Ϫ) of the ray.
(c) Sketch a graph that show the variation of angle of deviation with the angle of incidence.
11. (a) A body is being acted on by two forces: F1 = 18N and F2 = 12N acting at 36° to each other.
Find the resultant of the two forces.
(b) A motorboat travelling 6m/s east encounters current traveling at 3.7m/s south. Calculate:
(i) The resultant velocity of the motorboat
(ii) The time it takes for the boat to travel shore to shore if the width of the river is 120m
wide.
(c) The relative velocity of car A to that of car B is 32m/s when moving in opposite direction and
7m/s when moving in the same direction. Calculate the velocity of car B.
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