SYNDICATE 2023

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FORM SIX SPECIAL SCHOOLS SYNDICATE JOINT EXAMINATION

131/2 PHYSICS 2

Time: 3:00 Hrs Wednesday 15-March-2023 PM

Instructions

1. This paper consists of Six (6) questions.

2. Answer any Five (5) questions.
3. Each question carries twenty (20) marks.
4. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
5. The following information may be useful:
(a) Acceleration due to gravity, g=9.8m/s2
(b) The density of material of sphere is 1600 kg/
(c) Pie, =3.14
(d) Atmospheric pressure, P=1 x 105N/m2
(e) Ratio, =1.4
(f) The surface tension of soap film is= -1.

(g) Plank’s constant, h=6.62 x 10-34Js

(h) Permeability of free space, = 4 x 10-7H/m
(i) Permittivity of free space, =8.85 x 10-12F/m
(j) Electronic charge, e= 1.6 x10-19C
(k) Molar gas constant, R=8.31J/molK
(l) Speed of light, c = 3.0 x 108 m/s
(m) Viscosity of petrol, =0.02 Ns/m2
(n) Density of wire, =8800kg/m3
(o) Viscosity of water, =0.01 Ns/m2
(p) Density of petrol, =0.8g/cm3
(q) 1 a.m.u = 931 MeV

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1. (a) (i) Why rain drop falling under gravity do not acquire very high velocity? (02 marks)
(ii) A sphere is dropped under gravity through a fluid of viscosity. Taking average acceleration as half of
the initial acceleration show that the time taken to attain terminal velocity is independent of fluid
density. (3 marks)
(b) (i) Water flows steadily along the horizontal pipe at a rate 8 x 103 m3/s. If the area of cross section of
the pipe is 40 x 10-4 m2. Calculate the flow velocity of water. (04 marks)
(ii) Find the total pressure in the pipe if the static pressure in the horizontal pipe is 3 x 10 Pa
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What is the new velocity if the total pressure is 3.6 x 104 Pa? (03 marks)
(c) (i) A large bottle is filled with a siphon made of capillary glass tubing. Compare the time taken to
empty the bottle when it is filled (i) with water (ii) with petrol. (04 marks)
(ii) A liquid is poured into a vessel at rest with the hole in a wall closed by a valve. It is filled by liquid up
to height h above the valve. What horizontal acceleration ‘a’ should the vessel moved, so that liquid
does not come out when valve is opened? (04 marks)

2. (a) (i) Identify two distinct examples between transverse wave and longitudinal wave. (02 marks)
(ii) The third overtone of a closed pipe is found to be unison with the first overtone of an open pipe.
Find the ratio of the length of the pipe. (03 marks)
(b) (i) State four conditions for sustainable interference. (04 marks)
(ii) Monochromatic light of wave length 600am is incident normally on an optical transmission of
spacing 200 nm. Calculate the number of diffracted beams which can be observed and the
maximum order possible. (03 marks)

(c) (i) Light of wavelength 624 nm is incident perpendicularly on a soap film (with µ = 1.33) suspended in
air. What are the least two thicknesses of the film for which the reflections from the film undergo
fully constructive interference? (04 marks)
(ii) A parallel wavefronts of monochromatic light is incident on double slit arrangement at an angle a as
shown in fig. below. Find the position of zero order maxima from the centre of the screen.
The distance of screen from the slits is D (d < < D) (04 marks)

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3. (a) (i) Why does not water comes out of a Doppler unless the rubber bulb is pressed? (02 marks)
(ii) There is a soap bubble of radius 2.4 x 10-4 m in an air cylinder which is originally at a pressure of
1 x 105 N/m2. The air in the cylinder is now compressed isothermally until the radius of the bubble
is halved. Calculate now the pressure of air in the cylinder. (04 marks)
(b) (i) How will the rise of liquid be affected is the top capillary tube is closed? (02 marks)
(ii) Water rises in a capillary tube to a certain height such that the upward force due to surface tension
is balanced by -4 Force due to the weight of the liquid. What is the inner radius of the

capillary tube? (05 marks)

(c) (i) What happen to work done during stretching of wire? (02 marks)
(ii) A stone of 0.5 kg mass is attached to one end of a 0.8 m long aluminium wire of 0.7mm diameter
and suspended vertically. The stone if now rotated in a horizontal plane at a rate such that the wire
makes an angle of 0 with the vertical. Find the increase in length of the wire. (05 marks)

4. (a) (i) When we introduce a dielectric slab between plates of a charged air capacitor, its capacitance
increases (03 marks)
(ii) Two charge q and –3q are placed fixed on x–axis separated by distance d.As shown in fig belew:

Where should a third charge 2q be placed such that it will not experience any force ? (04 marks)
(iii) Explain why any conducting object s connected to earth is said to be grounded? (02 marks)
(b) Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings of equal length. The strings make an angle
30° with each other. When suspended in a liquid of density 800 kg/m3, the angle remains the same.
What is the dielectric constant of the liquid? (05 marks)
(c) In the figure below, the battery has a potential difference of 20V.

(i) Find the equivalent capacitance of all capacitors. (02 marks)

(ii) Find the charges stored in equivalent capacitance. (02 marks)
(iii) Find the potential difference across C1. (02 marks)

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5. (a) (i) State the Biot - savart law and use it to derive the expression of magnetic field at the centre is
current carrying circular coil (04 marks)
(ii) State the rule which gives the direction of force experienced by a straight current carrying conductor
placed in a magnetic field. (03 marks)
(b) (i) Which factors determine the magnitude of e.m.f induced in a coil? (04 marks)
(ii) By using diagrams of hystresis loop. Summarize the two main difference of loop generated by steel
and the one generated by soft iron. (04 marks)

(c) The current in the windings on a toroid is 2.0 A. There are 400 turns and the mean circumferential
length is 40 cm. With the aid of a search coil and charge-measuring instrument, the magnetic field is
found to be 1.0 T. Calculate:
(i) the magnetic intensity. (01 mark)
(ii) the magnetisation. (01 mark)
(iii) the magnetic susceptibility. (01 mark)
(iv) the equivalent surface current. (01 mark)
(v) the relative permeability. (01 mark)

6. (a) (i) What is the meaning of negative energy of orbiting electron? (02 mark)
(ii) Calculate the time taken by an electron to travel the first Bohr Orbit in the hydrogen atom.
(04 marks)

(b) (i) How do you account for the stability of a nucleus? (02 marks)
(ii) It is proposed that to use the nuclear fusion reaction; H2 + H2
1 1 2He4 in a nuclear reactor of
200MW rating. If the energy from the above reaction is used with 25% efficiency in the reactor,
how many grams of deuterium fuel will be needed per day? The masses of 1H2 and 2He4 are
2.0141 a.m.u and 4.0026 a.m.u respectively. (05 marks)
(c) (i) Briefly explain the significance of binding energy per nucleon. (02 marks)
(ii) Monochromatic light of wavelength 310 nm is falling on an isolated metallic sphere of radius
1.8 cm. Find the number of photoelectrons ejected before the emission of photoelectrons is
stopped. The work function of a metal is 2eV. (05 marks)