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NORTH-WESTERN ZONE MOCK EXAMINATION

FORM SIX MOCK EXAMINATION - NOV/DECEMBER, 2021

PHYSICS52
CODE NO. 131/2 T IME: 3.00hours
TUESDAY 30th November, 2021 8.00-11.00 a.m

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of Six (6) questions.
2. Answer FIVE (5) questions.
3 Each question carries twenty (20) marks.
A Mathematical tables and Non-programmable calculators may
be used.
5. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are NOT
allowed in the Examination room.
6. Write your Examination number on every page of your
answer booklet(s.
7. The following information may be useful:
(a) Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8m/s2
(b) Density of blood, p= 1020 kg/m3
(c) Young's modulus of copper, Ecu = 1 x 101Pa
Young's modulus of steel, E = 2 x 1011Pa
(d)
(e) K = = 9 x 10° Nm2/C2
4TtEo
(9 Electronic charge, e = 1.6 x 10-19C

(g) Permeability of free space, Ho 4Tx 107H/m

(h) Half-life of 14C = 5.7 x 103 years.

This paper consists of 6 printed pages

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1 (a) The Bernoulli's equation can be written in the form

P+hpV2 = Constant

(i)Explain the meaning of each term in the equation.

[2 marks]
(ii) State the four (4) conditions which must apply for this

equation. [4 marks]

A horizontal tube consists of two parts joined together end to end.

(b)
One part is 100mm long and has a radius of 0.5mm. When water

flows steadily along the tube there is a pressure differenceb

the tubes end equivalent to that due to 120mm of water. What are

the ressure differences across each of the component tubes in

terms of millimeters of water? [3 marks]

(c) () What is the importance of Reynolds's number? [2 marks]

(i) What is meant by a Newton ion fluid? 2 marks]

(i) The flow of blood in a large artery of an anaesthetized dog is
diverted through a venturimeter. The wider part of the meter
has a cross - sectional area equal to that of the artery is
8mm2. The narrow part has an area 4mm2. The pressure

drop in the artery is 24N/m2. What is the speed of the blood

in the artery? [3 marks]

(d) A wide container with a small orifice in the bottom is filled with
water and kerosene. If the water column measures 60cm and
Kerosene column 40cm, calculate the efflux velocity of water. Take
the specific gravity of water as 1.0 and kerosene as 0.8 and neglect

viscosity. [4 marks]

2 (a) () Sketch using the same axes the stress-strain curves for a
glass wire, metal wire and rubber band. [3 marks]
Discuss briefly the main features of the curves, in (i) above.

[3 marks]
 (b) One end of the copper wire is welded to a steel wire of length 1.6m
and diameter 1.0mm, while the other end is fixed. The length of
copper wire is 0.8m while its diameter is 0.5mm. A load of 10kg is
suspended from the free end of steel wire. Find the:

() Extension which will result [2 marks]

(ii) energy stored in the compound wire [2 marks]

(c) (i) Explain briefly with aid of a diagram, what you would expect
to happen to a nearly spherical water droplet resting ona
clean horizontal surface, if a tiny amount of detergent is
added to it.. 3 marks]
(ii) A bubble of volume V is formed when 9J of work is done on a

given solution. Calculate the work done to form a bubble of

volume 3v. [4 marks]

(d) Briefly explain what shape does a liquid take when it weighs

nothing? [3 marks]

3. (a) Explain, why (or how)

() Bats can ascertain distances, directions, nature and size of
the obstacles without any eyes. [2 marks]
(i) Sound or voice seems to sound better than usual when you
sing in a shower. [2 marks]
(iii) Transverse waves are not produced in liquids and gases.

(2 marks]

(b) A fork and a monochord string of length 100cm give 4 beats/s.

The string is made shorter, without any change of tension, until it
is in unison with the fork. If its new length is 99cm, what is the
frequency of the fork? [4 marks

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 (c) An air column 2m in length is open at both ends. The frequency of

certain harmonic is 410Hz and the frequency of the next higher

harmonic is 492Hz. Determine the speed of sound in the air
column. [4 marks

(d) A parallel beam of light of wavelength 589nm was directed

normally onto a plane diffraction grating. Measurements showed
that the angular between the first order spectra on either side of

the normal was 34.2°.

(i) Calculate the number of lines per millimeter on the grating.

[3 marks]
(i How many diffraction orders will be visible? [3 marks]

4. (a With the aid of a diagram, describe an experiment to show that

excess charge resides only on the outside surface of a hollow
conductor. [6 marks]

(b) In figure below, two point charges P andS of 17.64C and 9.0uC
respectively are placed in vacuum at a distance of 21cm apart.
When a third charge, R, is placed mid-way between P and S, the
net force on S is zero.

P R S

-21cm-

(i) Determine the charge on R. (2 marks]

(ii) Calculate the electric potential at the position of R. [2 marks]

(ii) Sketch the electric field lines corresponding to the charge

distribution. [2 marks]

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 (c) In a figure below, Ci, Ca and Ca are capacitors of capacitances
Su, 24F, and 24F respectively, connected to a battery of e.m.f.
100V

C3

100V

Calculate the energy store in the system of capacitors if the

space between the plates of C is filled with an insulator of
dielectric constant 3, and the capacitors are fully charged.
[4 marks]
(i) Account for the change in the energy stored by an isolated

parallel-plate capacitor when the plate separation is doubled.

[04 marks]
5. (a) Explain the following terms as applied to the earth's magnetic field.
Magnetic meridian [1 mark]
(ii) Angle of dip [1 mark]
(ii) Declination [1 mark]

(b) Draw sketch diagrams to show the magnetic field pattern due to an
electric current flowing through a circular coil and long solenoid.

[04 marks]
(c) A circular coil of 20 turns each of radius 1Ocm lies flat on a table.
The earth's magnetic field intensity at the location of the coil is
43.8A/m while the angle of dip is 67°. Find the:

() Magnetic flux threading the coil. [05 marks]

(i) Torque on the coil if a current of 2A is passed through it.

[4 marks]
 (d) A circular aluminium disc, of radius
30cm, is mounted inside a

long solenoid of 2 x 103 turns per meter carrying a current of 20A,

such that its axis coincides with that of
the solenoid. If the disc is
rotated about its axis at 40 revolutions
per minute, what will be
the e.m.f. induced?
[4 marks]

6. (a) What is meant by the

following:
An alpha particle
[1 mark]
(ii) Radioactivity
[1 mark
(b) Show that when an alpha particle collides head-on with an atom of
atomic number Z, the closest distance of
approach to the nucleus,
bo, is given by bo ze? where
,tEMv

e is the electronic charge

E is permittivity of free space
m is mass of the alpha particle
V is the initial velocity of the
particle [5 marks]
(c) State four (4) uses of radioactive
isotopes. [4 marks]
(d) One kilogram of wood from a ship wreck has an
activity of
1.2 x
102 counts per second due to
l4C, whereas the same
amount of wood had an activity of 2 x 102
counts per second. Find
the age of the shipwreck.
[05 marks]
(e) In an X-ray tube, 90% of the electrical
power supplied to the tube
is dissipated as heat. If the accelerating voltage is 75kV and
power
of 742.5W is
dissipated
heat, find the number of
as
electrons
arriving at the target per second.
[4 marks]

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