BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

PHYSICS 0571101

Paper 1 Multiple Choice October/November 2017

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The diagram shows part of a Vernier caliper scale.

What is the reading shown?

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A 6.06cm D.L
B 6.07cm
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C 6.60cm
D 6.70cm

The diagram shows a speed-time graph for a car.

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What is the acce'"ri,,on of the car?

A 0.5m/s2
B 0.8m/s2
C 1.2mls2
D 2.Omls2

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Metal X has a mass of 390g and a density of 7.8g/cm3.
Metal Y has a volume of 20 cm3 and a density of 2.7 g / cm3.
Metal Z has a mass of 1 35 g and a volume of 50 cm3.r, ;
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Which statement is true about metalZ?

metalZ justification

A is the same as metal X they have the same density

B is the same as metal X they have the same volume

c is the same as metalY they have the same density'

D is the same as metal Y they have the same mass

The diagram shows a C-shaped object.

Which position is most likely to be the centre of mass of the object?

The diagrams show forces acting on an object.

Which pair of forces shows a couple?

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6 Which expression can be used to calculate power, where F = force, s = displacement and
f = time?

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The diagram shows a weather maP.

ln which of the four labelled regions is there likely to be the strongest winds?

high
pressure low pressure

A glass tube containing mercury is inverted in a bowl of mercury as shown in the diagram.
The diagram is not drawn to scale.

vacuum
glass tube

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0.76 m

mercury
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What is the pressure exerted by the mercury at point a? (g = 10 m / s2, p = 13 600 kg I m3).

A 27200Pa
B 76160Pa
C 81 600Pa

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The diagram shows an uncalibrated liquid-in-glass thermometer, with fixed points X (0 "C) and
Y (100'C) marked on it.

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What is the length of the liquid column when the temperature is 80 "C?
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A 16.0cm
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B 16.4cm
C 17.6cm
D 18.0cm

't0 The heat capacity of an object is defined as the heat needed to

A heat up the object to a temperature of 1 "C.

B heat up 1 kg ofthe object.
C raise the temperature of the object by 1"C. {'--"
D raise the temperature of 1 kg of the object by 1 "C.

11 The diagram shows a cooling curve of a substance.

The boiling point of the substance is 78'C.

temperature/'C

78

0 time/s

What is the state of the substance for the period XY?

A gas
B gas and liquid
C liquid
D liquid and solid
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12 What causes air to move from sea to land during a hot day?
A Air always moves from the sea to the land.
B Cool air from the land pushes warm air from the sea to the land.
C The air above the land is warmer than the air above the seat--
D The sea stores a lot more thermal energy than the land.

13 A beaker contains hot water.

How is thermal energy mainly lost from the surface of the water?

A by conduction
B by conve.ction
C by evaporation
D by radiation

14 Smoke is introduced into a smoke cell and viewed through a microscope'

What is observed in the smoke cell?

A air Particles moving randomlY

B air particles colliding with smoke particles
C smoke particles moving randomly -2"
D smoke particles pushed to the top of the cell

1E A small container is filled with substance P. The substance is transferred to a largermnbiner.

The substance fills the larger container also.

Which is a characteristic of substance P?

A lt can be comPressed.
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C lt has a dSIIiqg volume.
D lts molecules are 9]ot"ty packedr-f
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16 The diagram shows wavefronts of a sound wave.
The wavefront takes 0.20 seconds to move from S to T.

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What is the frequency of the sound wave? ..."

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A 16Hz
B 20Hz
C 25Hz
D 80Hz

17 A ray of light is incident on a water surface at an angle of 45"

The refractive index of water is 1.33.

What is the angle of refraction of the ray?

A 32.1'
B 33.8' ,'! i;

c 59.9" r,:,.
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D 70.1" '.l t,2*

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18 The diagram shows the position of a pin placed in front of a plane mirror.

What is the position of the image of the pin, when viewed from the eye at X?

oA OB

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pin

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19 The diagram shows a ray of light incident on the centre of the plane side of a semi-circular glass
block.

Which diagram shows the correct path of the ray through the block?

AB

c D

Which of the materials is not magnetic?

A 'cobalt
B iron
C nickel
D zinc

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21 The diagram shows an image I, of an object O, formed by a convex lens.

What is the foca! length of the lens?

A 8cm
B 9cm
C 15cm
D 17cm

22 The diagram shows the position of a man standing in front of two walls, P and Q, as viewed
from above.
He claps his hands once and hears two echoes, one after 1.0s and the other 0.4 s later.
The speed of sound in air is 320 mls.

position of a '
man o m-'.

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What is the distance between the two walls?
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A 64m
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B 96m
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C 128m
D 160m
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23 The diagram shows the waveform of a sound wave.

time

The pitch and the loudness of the sound are increased.

Which diagram shows the display of the new waveform?

A B

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time time

D
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time time

24 Radio waves and gamma rays are regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Which statement is true about radio waves and gamma rays?

A Gamma rays are transverse and radio waves are longitudinal)-J

B Gamma rays have lower frequency than radio waves. \/
C Radio waves have longer wavelength than gamma t?!s. t"r'"'

D Radio waves travel faster in a vacuum than gamma rays. ',,"

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25 The diagram shows an iron rod placed between a permanent magnet and a plotting compass.

N iron rod compass

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Which diagram shows the direction of the needle of the plotting compass?

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26 The diagram shows an electromagnet.

iron rod

What change can increase the strength of the electromagnet?

A increasing the number of cells ''

B moving the turns of the coil further aparfi
C replacing iron with steel \
D using alternating cunent \

27 What is the unit of electric charge?

A ampere
B coulomb
G ohm
D watt

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The diagram shows a combination of resistors.

4.0C,

What is the total resistance of this combination of resistors?

A 0.75 Cl \b G

B 5.3()
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c 6.0cl
D 12.0o

The diagram shows resistors connected in parallel.

An ammeter is connected in series with them.

What is the reading shown by the ammeter?

A O.9A
B 1.24
c 2.14
D 3.3A
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30 The diagram shows an electric circuit.

Which of the switches must be closed to light one bulb only?

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C Sr and Ss
D Szand Sg

31 The diagrams show identica! lamps and batteries in different circuits W, X and Y.

lamp 1

!n which of the circuits will the brightness of lamp 1 be the same?

A WandXonly
B XandYonly
C WandYonly
D W,XandY

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32 The diagram shows a positively charged rod placed between small metal spheres, X and Y.
Each sphere is suspended with an insulator.

insulato insulator

charged rod

Sphere X moves towards the rod, and sphere Y moves away from the rod.

What are the likely charges of the spheres?

X Y

A neutral negative

B neutrat positive

c negative neutral

D positive neutral

33 Which diagram shows the movement of the magnet and the direction of the induced current in the
coil?

AB

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34 The diagram shows an electric circuit connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (C.R.O.).

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Which diagram shows the possible display on the C.R.O.?

A v/v B v/v
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c D
V/V

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35 A heater is connected to the mains and switched on fsr 30 minutes-. j

The reading of the prepairl electricity meter changes from 5.00 fWfr to 3.00 kwh.
Electricity is charged at P0.70 per kWh.

What is the cost of using the heater?

A P0.70
B P1,05
c P1.40
D P1.75

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36 The diagram shows a step-down transformer which is 80 % efficient, used to light a lamp.

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Which part deflects the electron beam horizontally?

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38 Which row shows radiation with the lowest penetrating power and radiation with the highest
ionisation effect? Q'.,:tiir. ):

lowest penetrating highest ionisation

power effect
A alpha o--' alPha,-'
B alpha gamma

c gamma alpha

D gamma gamma
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39 The diagram shows a Geiger-Muller (GM) tube placed near a radioactive source which emits
alpha and beta particles.

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lead container S
X GM tube

The table below shows the count rate when different materials are placed at position X.

l count rate
material at X n l" t'
counts/s t'lf
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Bmm of aluminium 20

What is the count rate due to the background radiation?

A 20 counts/s
B 30 counts/s
C 50 countsls
D 70 counts/s

40 A radioactive nucleus !XOecays by emitting a beta particle to form nucleus Y.

What is the atornic number and the mass number of Y?

atomic number mass number

A z-2 A-4
B Z+1 A

c A-4 z-2
D A Z+1

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