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Physics Paper 1

This document is an examination paper for Physics Paper 1 for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, dated August/July/August 2023. It contains instructions for candidates, a series of questions divided into two sections, A and B, covering various physics concepts and calculations. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of physics principles, problem-solving skills, and application of formulas.

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Physics Paper 1

This document is an examination paper for Physics Paper 1 for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, dated August/July/August 2023. It contains instructions for candidates, a series of questions divided into two sections, A and B, covering various physics concepts and calculations. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of physics principles, problem-solving skills, and application of formulas.

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NAME: ……………………………………………………………INDEX NO.

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CANDIDATE’S SIGN. …………..... DATE:………………………………

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PHYSICS
PAPER 1
AUGUST/JULY/AUGUST 2023 SERIES
TIME: 2 HOURS

NJARAKU CLUSTER EXAMINATIONS


Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Physics
Paper 1
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:
 Write your nameand index number in the spaces provided above.
 Answer all the questions both in section A and B in the spaces provided
below each question
 Mathematical tables and silent electronic calculators may be used.
 Show all your working
SECTION A 25 MARKS (ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS)
1. Figure below shows part of scale of a micrometer screw gauge. The thimble scale has 50
divisions.

Insert the thimble scale to show a reading of 4.32mm (1mk)

2. A balloon is filled with hydrogen gas and then released into the air. It is observed that as it
rises higher into the air it expands. Explain why it expands. (2mks)

3. A person carrying a heavy luggage using one hand leans away from the luggage. State and
explain this observation. (2mks)

4. A student pulls a block of wood along a horizontal surface by applying a constant force.
State the reason why the block moves at a constant velocity instead of accelerating (1mk)

5. A stone tied to a string is whirled in a vertical circular path. The speed of rotation is
continuously increased. State with a reason at which point is the string likely to snap
(3mks)
6. An object placed on the surface of water in a beaker starts to sink immediately. It is
observed that it stops sinking when half of its volume is below the water surface. State the
reason why it stops to sink. (1mk)

7. Give a reason why heat transfer by radiation is faster than heat transfer by conduction
(2mks)

8. A railway truck of mass 4000kg moving at 3m/s collides with a stationery truck of mass
2000kg. The couplings join and the trucks move of together. Calculate their common
velocity after collision (3mks)

9. Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on a planet where an object released from rest
falls through the height of 54.2m in 3.0 seconds (3mks)

10.State the branch of physics that deal with kinetic energy of matter (1mk)

11.Figure below shows air flowing through a pipe of non-uniform cross section. Two tubes A
and B are dipped into the liquid as shown.

a. Indicate the level of the liquid in tubes A and B (1mk)


b. Explain your answer in (a) above (2mks)
12.Soapy water is more effective for washing clothes than water without soap. Explain (2mks)

13.Dust particles are observed to move in random manner in a room where there is no wind.
Explain the cause of the random motion. (1mk)

SECTION B (55 MARKS) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

14. (a). Distinguish between heat and temperature (2mks)

(b). State what happens to a liquid when its saturated vapour pressure equals the pressure of air
above it (1mk)

©. A block of metal of mass 150g at 100˚C is dropped into a lagged calorimeter of heat capacity
40J/K containing 100g of water at 25˚C. The temperature of the resulting mixture is 34˚C. Given
the specific heat capacity of water =4200JKG -1K-1determine

a. Heat gained by the calorimeter (2mks)

b. Heat gained by water (2mks)

c. Heat lost by the metal (1mk)

d. Specific heat capacity of the metal (2mks)

15. (a). (i). In what form is energy stored in a compressed spring? (1mk)

(ii). Figure below shows a 200g mass placed on a frictionless surface and attached to a
spring
The spring is compressed and released. Given that the elastic potential energy of the
spring is 2.7 x 10-2J. Determine the maximum speed with which the block moves after it is
released. (4mks)

(b). In a wheel and axle system, state the advantage of having a larger wheel diameter
compared to the axle diameter for a frictionless system (1mk)

©. A body is released from the height h. sketch a graph of potential energy as the body
falls to the ground (ignore air resistance) (2mks)

16.(a).The moon goes around the earth. What provides centripetal force of the moon (1mk)

(b). (i). A car goes round a flat circular bend whose radius is 100m at a constant speed of 30m/s.
calculate its acceleration (3mks)

(ii). If the mass of the car is 1500kg, calculate the frictional force required to provide this
acceleration (3mks)
(iii). Calculate the maximum speed at which the car can go round the corner without skidding if
the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the ground is 0.5 (3mks)

(iv). Give a reason why the driver of the car has to move through the same bend at a lower speed
during a rainy day (1mk)

17.(a). In determining the size of a molecule of oil, a single drop of the oil was dropped from a
burette on a tray and it spread to form a circular patch of diameter 20cm. If 1 molecule of
oil is assumed to be 1.67x10-8m thick, determine ;
i. The area of the circular patch on the tray (2mks)

ii. The volume of 1 drop of oil from the burette (2mks)

iii. The radius of the drop from the burette (3mks)

iv. If 10 similar drops from the burette weigh 4.984x10-5N.Calculate the density of the
oil. (3mks)
v. Other than the oil patch being circular, state any other assumptions made in the
above calculations (1mk)

18.(a). Figure below shows a uniform plank of weight 20N and length 1.0m balanced by a
0.5kg mass at a distance of x from the pivot O

Determine the value of x (3mks)

(b). When the block is completely immersed in water, the pivot O must shift by 0.05m to
the left for the system to balance. The density of water is 1000kg/m 3. Determine

i. The Upthrust U on the block (3mks)

ii. The volume of the block (3mks)


19.(a). Liquids expand when heated and contract when cooled. However this is not always true
for water.
i. What name is given to this behaviour of water (1mk)

ii. State two importance of this behaviour of water (2mks)

iii. State two disadvantages of this behaviour (2mks)

(b). A man wants to fit a brass ring onto a steel rod of diameter equal to the inner diameter
of the ring. Explain how this can be achieved (2mks)

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