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CRESCENDO JOINT EXAMINATION 2024
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
PHYSICS 232/1 Physics PP1
Paper 1 Thursday 14th March, 2024
(Theory) Afternoon
2 HOURS Time: 2.00-4.00pm
Instructions to candidates
Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
This paper consists of TWO sections: A and B.
Answer ALL the questions in sections A and B in the spaces provided.
ALL working MUST be clearly shown.
Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables
may be used.
This paper consists of 13 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
For Examiner’s Use Only
Section Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score
A 1 - 12 25
13 11
B 14 12
15 08
16 15
17 09
Total Score 80
SECTION A(25 MARKS) - Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces
provided.
1. A ball bearing is held between the anvil and spindle of a micrometer screw gauge as
shown in the figure below.
The reading between completely closed jaws without any object between them is -0.10
mm. State the diameter of the ball bearing. (2 marks)
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2. In an experiment to measure the density of a liquid, a student filled a burette with a liquid
to the 0cm3 mark. The figure below shows a section of the burette showing the level of
the liquid after 54.5g of the liquid had been run out .
Determine the density of the liquid (3 marks)
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3. A mass M in the figure below is pulled along a rough surface as shown.
Indicate on the diagram the direction of the frictional force and state one way of
increasing it. (2 marks)
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4. The passengers in a bus would complain about smoke if the driver smokes when in the
driver’s seat and the bus is stationary but not when the bus is moving. Explain. (2marks)
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5. The figure below shows two pulley systems being used to raise different loads. The
pulleys are identical.
State one reason why system B may have a higher efficiency than system A.(1 mark)
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6. A helical spring of spring constant 16 N/m was stretched by a force of 4.8N. Determine
the elastic potential energy stored by the spring. Assume that elastic limit is not exceeded.
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7. Water is known to boil at 1000C. A student heated some water and noticed that it boiled
at 1010C. State two possible reasons for this observation. (2 marks)
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8. Study the lagged metal bar shown below.
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(i) State two modes of heat transfer minimized by the lagging materials. (2marks)
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(ii) Sketch on the graph below temperature T against length X of the bar. (1 mark)
9. The figure below shows a conical flask 15cm high, filled with a liquid of density
1200kgm-3.The atmospheric pressure of the surrounding is 8.4 x 104 Pa.
Determine the pressure at the point marked X, at the bottom of the flask. (3marks)
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10. In a laboratory experiment, it was realized that two different gases of equal volume
diffused across a chamber at different rates. Explain (1 mark)
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11. The figure below shows a car of mass 6000kg moving along a curved part of the road
with a constant speed.
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(i) Explain why the car is more likely to skid at B than at A. (1mark)
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(ii) If the radius of the path at Y is 250m, determine the maximum speed the car can be
driven while at Y without skidding. The coefficient of friction between the road and the
tyre is 0.3. (2marks)
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12. A body having uniform motion in a circular path is always accelerating. Explain.(1mark)
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SECTION B (55 marks) - Answer all the question in the spaces provided.
13. (a) State Archimedes principle (1 mark)
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(b) In an experiment to determine the relative density of methylated spirit applying
Archimedes Principle, the following were provided, a spring balance, some masses, a
piece of thread, water in a beaker and methylated spirit in a beaker. The table below
shows the results obtained.
(i) Draw labeled sketch diagrams to show how the readings in the table were obtained(2 marks)
(ii) For each mass, determine the upthrust in water and the upthrust in the spirit ( 3 marks)
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(iii) Determine the average relative density of the spirit (2 marks)
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(c) A weather balloon of volume 1.2m3 is tied to a rigid support while being filled with helium
gas. The mass of the fabric making the balloon is 0.30kg. Determine the maximum tension on
the string tying the balloon to the rigid support. ( 3marks)
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14. The figure below shows a displacement time graph of the motion of a particle.
(a) Explain the nature of the motion of the particle between:
(i) A and B (l mark)
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(ii) B and C (l mark)
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(iii) C and D (l mark)
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(b) A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a vertical tower and strikes the
ground at a point 50m from the bottom of the tower. Given that the height of the
tower is 45m, determine the:-
(i) Time taken by the ball to hit the ground. (3 marks)
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(ii) Initial horizontal velocity of the ball. (3 marks)
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(iii) Vertical velocity of the ball just before striking the ground. (Take
acceleration due to gravity as 10ms-2) (3 marks)
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15. (a) State the principle of moments. (l mark)
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(b) A uniform metal rod of mass l00g and length 1m is kept at equilibrium by
suspending a glass block in water as shown.
(i) State the distance from G to the turning point T? (1mark)
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(ii) Determine the weight of the glass block while in water. (3 marks)
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(iii) If the glass block is removed from water, explain why the equilibrium is
not maintained? (1mark)
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( c ) T h e f i g u r e b e l o w shows a lorry moving on an inclined section of a straight
road. At the back is a chain hanging from a point on a horizontal axis through the centre
of gravity of a lorry.
State with a reason whether the lorry is stable or not stable. (2 marks)
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16. a) Define specific heat capacity. (1 mark)
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(b) The figure below shows a set up used to determine the specific latent heat of
vapourization of steam. You are provided with the apparatus shown and a stop watch
(i) State any TWO measurements that should be taken in this experiment. (2 marks)
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(ii) Describe an experiment to determine the specific latent heat of vaporization of
steam using the set up above. (4 marks)
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(c) A block of metal of mass 150g at 100 oC is dropped into a lagged calorimeter of heat
capacity 40JK-1 containing 100g of water at 25 oC. The temperature of the resulting
mixture is 34oC. (Specific heat capacity of water=4200JKg-1K-1)
Determine:
(i) Heat gained by calorimeter (2marks)
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(iii) Heat lost by the metal block; (1mark)
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(iv) Specific heat capacity of the metal block (3marks)
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17. A balloon seller has a cylinder of helium gas which he uses to blow up his balloons. The
volume of the cylinder is 0.10m3. It contains helium gas at a pressure of 2.0 x 105N/m2.
a) Explain in terms of particles how the helium in the cylinder produces a pressure.
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b) Determine the total volume that the helium gas occupy at a pressure of
1.5x105N/m2. Assume the temperature of the helium does not change (3marks)
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c) The graph below in figure 6 shows how the pressure of a gas trapped inside a
sealed container changes with temperature. The pressure is caused by the gas
particles continually hitting the sides of the container.
i) State the name of the temperature at which the gas particles stop hitting the sides of
the container. (1 mark)
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ii) Give the value of the temperature in kelvin scale. (1 mark)
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Using Kinetic theory of Gases, explain how the rise in temperature of a gas
causes rise in the pressure of a gas if the volume is kept constant. (3marks)
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