THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINSTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KASULU TOWN COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK EXAMINATION
CODE: 031 PHYSICS 1

Time: 3:00 Hours Friday, 23.05.2025

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with total of eleven (11) questions.

2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two (2) questions in section C.

3. Non – programmable calculation and mathematical table may be used.

4. Cellular phones and any un authorised materials are not allowed in the examination room.

5. Write your examination number on every page of your answer booklet (s).

6. Where necessary the following constants may be used.

(i) Acceleration due to gravity g=10m/sec2

(ii) Specific heat capacity of copper = 390JKg0C-1

(iii) Specific heat capacity of piece of metal = 400JKg0C-1

(iv) Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 JKg 0C-1

(v) The speed of sound in air = 330m/sec

(vi) Density of water = 1000kg/m3

 SECTION A (16 marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter beside
the item number in the answer booklet provide.
(i) How does studying physics contribute to our understanding of the natural world and the universe?
A. Physics is not related to the study of the natural world and the universe.
B. Physics helps us understand the behaviour of matter and energy from sub atomic particles to
celestial bodies.
C. Physics only deals with artificial and human – made systems.
D. Physics is not essential for understanding the natural world and the universe.
E. Both letters (A to D) are correct answers.
(ii) The following are the uses of Relative density in everyday life except.
A. Designation of various structure such as ship and places.
B. Selections of building materials
C. Identification of germs.
D. Determination of density of unknown substances
E. Designation of swimming and diving equipment.
(iii) If a bubble of air is released at the bottom of a water pond, it will rise to the water surface of the pond.
Why does this happen?
A. The weight of the bubble is greater then the up thrust
B. The density of water is the same as that of the air bubble
C. Up thrust is equal to the weight of the air bubble.
D. Up thrust is greater than the weight of the air bubble.
E. Up thrust is less than the weight of the air bubble.
(iv) Why wind mills are constructed around the coastal areas in open plains, in gaps of mountain ranges or
at the top of a rounded hills?
A. Because there are cheap to harvest energy.
B. Because there are no obstructions and strong winds blow to rotate wind turbines propellers.
C. Because when the sun heats the atmosphere some particles become warmer than the other.
D. Because there are less movement of people and vehicles in those areas.
E. Because the wind turbines are noisy and can spoil the landscape.
(v) How can the rate of thermionic emission from a metal surface be increased?
A. By increasing the metal in an electrolyte
B. By increasing the surrounding pressure
C. By decreasing the temperature of the metal to stabilize election
D. By increasing the surface area of the metal
E. Both letter A to D are correct answers.
(vi) Which statements is correct about the half – life of a Radio active source?
A. It is half the time for the Radio active source to become safe.
B. It is half the time it takes an atom to decay
C. It is half the time it takes the activity of the source to decrease to zero.
D. It is the time it takes the activity of the source to decrease by half.
E. Both letter form A to D are correct.
(vii) How much heat energy is given out by a copper block of 40g mass when it cools from 18400C to 400C?
A. 28008J
B. 2800J
C. 2808J
D. 28000J
E. 28080J
 (viii) What is the milky way?
A. A planet in the solar system
B. A galaxy in which the solar system belongs.
C. One of the solar systems.
D. One of the stars in the solar system.
E. Both letter (A to D) are correct.
(ix) Lenz’s law can be used to predict the
A. Magnitude of back electromotive force in a circuit.
B. Magnitude of induced current in a circuit
C. Direction of applied electromotive force across a circuit.
D. Direction of the induced electromotive force or back electromotive force in a circuit.
E. Magnitude of induced electro motive force or applied electromotive force.
(x) The layer in the atmosphere where weather phenomena are formed is the
A. Stratosphere
B. Magnetosphere
C. Troposphere
D. Thermosphere
E. Exosphere

2. Match the items in List A with responses in List B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item
number in the answer booklet provided.
LIST A LIST B
A. Sinking
(i) The ratio of the distance moved by B. Osmosis
effort to the distance moved by the C. Combination pulley
load. D. An inclined plane
(ii) A simple machine which can pull a E. Velocity ratio
heavy load along a slopping surface. F. Single fixed pulley
(iii) The ratio of the work out put to the G. Diffusion
work in put x 100%. H. Elasticity
(iv) Ability of the surface of a liquid to I. Efficiency
behave like a fully stretched elastic J. Mechanical advantage
skin. K. Capillarity
(v) Ability of liquids to rise or fall in a L. A simple pulley
narrow tube. M. Surface tension
(vi) Movement of particles from high
concentration to low concentration.

SECTION B (54 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section:-

3. (a) (i) State the condition necessary for total internal refection to occur.
(ii) Why does an object appear coloured when light falls on to it?
(b) (i) What is meant by the term complimentary colours?
(ii) Explain why the result mixing blue and yellow paints is very different from that of mixing blue and
yellow lights.
(c) A screen is placed 80cm from an object. A lens is used to produce on the screen an image with magnification
3. Calculate the:-
(i) Distance between the object and the lens.
(ii) Focal length of the lens.
4. (a) (i) Explain why cathode ray tubes (CRT) are evacuated.
(ii) What happens to the CRT (Cathode ray tube) when a gas is maintained?
 (b) How are hard x-rays produced?
5. (a) Describe the three types of volcanoes by giving one example in each case.
(b) Briefly explain the two main types of ocean tides.
6. (a) Mention two practical examples in our daily life in which the principle of conservation of energy is applied.
(b) Name a machine or an apparatus used to change the following forms of energy.
(i) Heat energy to mechanical energy.
(ii) Mechanical energy to electrical energy
(iii) Electrical energy to sound energy
7. (a) (i) State Archimedes’ principle.
(ii) A block of metal of density 2700kg/m3 has a volume of 4x10-2m3. Calculate the mass of block.
(b) A 5Ω resistor and a 1Ω resistor are connected in parallel to a cell of electromotive force 6V and internal
resistance 0.5Ω. Calculate the current flowing round the circuit.
8. (a) Three capacitors with capacitances of 15 uf, 25 uf and x are configured in a circuit such that the equivalent
capacitance is 7 uf.
(i) Identify the type of arrangement of capacitors
(ii) Determine the capacitance of capacitor x.

(b)State two ways in which power is lost in a transformer.

SECTION C: - (30 marks)

Answer two (2) questions from this section.

9. (a) (i) Name three (3) basic radiations that occur naturally.
(ii) Define mass number and atomic number as applied in Radioactivity.
(iii) Thorium disintegrates in the following manner
Th232 Ra228 AC228 Th288 Ra224
90 88 89 90 88
State the particles emitted at each part of the disintegration.
(b) A thorium 228 radio active source placed in a polythene bottle decayed into a radioactive gas thoron. The
decay process was recorded by the Geiger-Muller (G-M) tube as follows:-
The in minutes 0 4 8 12 16 20
Count rate 40 30 20 14 10 7
(i) Draw the graph of the count rate against time.
(ii) From the graph, determine the half – life of thoron.
10. (a) (i) Name two semiconductors which are of special importance in electronics.
(ii) Explain how P-n junction diode is formed.
(b) Explain why semi conductor solid state diodes are fast replacing the vacuum type diodes in many
applications.
(c) (i) What do you understand by the term rectification?
(ii) State the uses of a diode.
11. (a) (i) State the laws of electromagnetic induction.
(ii) Mention two advantages of alternative current (a.c) generators over direct current (d.c) generators.
(b) A transformer with 4800 turns in the primary coil is designed to work from 240V a.c mains to give a supply
at 8V in order to ring a bell.
(i) What would happen if the transformer were connected to 240V d.c mains?
(ii) Briefly explain why the primary current increases when a bell is being rung?