FORM 3 END OF TERM 1 EXAMINATION - 2024

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

232/ - PHYSICS - Integrated Paper

THEORY, 2 HRS

TENWEK HIGH SCHOOL

FORM 3 – TERM 1 – 2024

Name: ………………………………………………………Adm. No:…………Class:……..

Sign. ………………………………… Date Done: …………………………………..

Date Revised:………………………………..

INSTRUCTIONS:
This paper consists of two sections A and B.
Answer all questions from both sections in the spaces provided.
All working must be clearly shown. Electronic calculator may be used.

EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

SECTION QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATE’S

SCORE

A 1 - 8 25

9-12 55
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SECTION A: 25 MARKS
Answer all the questions in this section.
1. A stopwatch started 0.36s after the start button was pressed. The time recorded using a
stopwatch for an athlete running from point A to B was 12.86s. Determine the actual time taken
by the athlete. (2mks)

2. State the basic law of electrostatics (1mk)

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3. Fig 1.0 shows a spherical ball held between the anvil and the spindle of a micrometer screw
gauge. Determine the radius of the spherical ball. Give your answer in SI units. (2 marks)

4. State one condition necessary for total internal reflection to occur. (1 mark)

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5. Figure 3.0 shows a brick of mass 8.0 kg standing upright on the ground as shown. What is the
pressure it exerts on the ground? (g = 10Nkg-1) (2 marks)

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6. A pin at the bottom of a beaker containing glycerine appears to be 6.8cm below the surface of
glycerine. Determine the height of the column of glycerine in the beaker. (Take the refractive
index of glycerine as 1.47) (3mks)

7. The figure 4.0 shows a rod made of wood on one end and metal on the other end suspended
freely with a piece of thread so that it is in equilibrium.

The side made of metal is heated with a Bunsen burner flame. State with a reason, the side to
which the rod is likely to tilt. (2mks)
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8. Figure 4 below shows a bar magnet attracting steel pin as shown

Figure 4 N

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Steel pin

X Y

State and explain what would happen when a North pole of a bar magnet is brought near the tips
of steel pin X and Y. (2marks)

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9. State the relationship between Physics and Mathematics. (1mark)

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10. A girl shouts and ears an echo after 0.6 seconds later from a cliff. If velocity of sound is
330m/s, calculate the distance between her and the cliff. (2 mks)

11. The diagram in fig 5.0 shows a section of a pipe with different cross-sectional area. If water
flows with a velocity of 10m/s in section A, what would be the velocity of water in section B ?
(3 marks)

12. The figure 7 below shows an object O placed in front of a concave mirror as shown.

O F
C P

(i) Complete the diagram to show the image formed. (2 marks)

(ii) State one characteristic of the image formed. (1 mark)

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SECTION B: (55 MARKS)

Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.

13. a) State the law of conservation of linear momentum. (1mk)

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b) Distinguish between elastic and inelastic collision. (1mk)

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c) A stricker kicks a ball of mass 200 g initially at rest with a force of 78N. Given that the foot
was in contact with the ball for 0.30s, determine the take – off velocity of the ball. (3mks)

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d) A high jumper usually lands on a thick soft mattress. Explain how the mattress helps in
reducing the force of impact. (2mks)

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e) A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a vertical tower of height 75m and strikes the
ground at a point of 80m from the bottom of the tower. Determine the:

i) Time taken by the ball to hit the ground (acceleration due to gravity= 10m/s) (3mks)

ii) Initial horizontal velocity of the ball. (2mks)

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14. In an experiment to investigate how real and apparent depths relate with refractive index. A
certain liquid was used by form three students. The students obtained the following result.

Real depth Apparent depth

3.0 5.21
5.0 6.32
7.0 7.44
9.0 8.26
11.0 9.30
13.0 10.25

a) Plot a graph of real depth against apparent depth (5 marks)

b) Use your graph to determine the refractive index of the liquid (3 marks)

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c) What is the apparent depth of a material when real depth is 6.0 cm? (1 mark)

d) For a ray of light entering into the liquid from water, what will be its velocity in the
liquid given that velocity of light in water is 2.85 x 108 m/s and refractive index of water
is 1.333? (3 marks)

e) The figure 10 below shows how a white light behaves when it is incident on a equilateral
glass prism.

White light
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R

(i) State the colours A and B (2 marks)

(ii) State why it is possible to split the ray of light. (1 mark)

15. a) i) State the Newton’s second law of motion. (2 mks )

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ii) Show that f = ma from the Newton’s second law of motion in part (i) above. (3 marks)

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b) A bullet of mass 20g is shot from a gun of mass 20 kg fired by a stationary soldier at a
velocity of 200 m/s . Determine;
i) The recoil velocity of the gun. (3 marks)

ii) Explain your answer in b (i) above. (2 mks )

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c) A box of mass 20 kg is opposed by a frictional force whose co-efficient is 0.8 . Calculate,

i) Frictional force on the box. (3 marks)

ii) State two methods of minimizing frictional force. (2 mks)

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16. (a) The figure below show the displacement time graph of a wave traveling at 400cm/s

Determine for the wave the:

(i) Amplitude (1 mks)

(ii) Period (2 mks)

(iii) Frequency (1 mks)

(iv) Wavelength (2 mks)

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b) A small object is placed 15 cm in front of a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm. Determine
the position of the image. (3marks)

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c) (i) Define a wave (1 mark)

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Kiss FM broadcasts at a frequency of 100 HZ if the velocity of the radio waves is 3.0 x 108
m/s.Calculate the wavelength of radio waves. (3mks)
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