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P510/2
PHYSICS
Paper 2
June 2024 2018
June/July,
2½ hours ST. LEO’S COLLEGE, KYEGOBE
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

INTERNAL MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2024

2018
S.6 PHYSICS
(Principal Subject)
PAPER 2

2hours 30minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer five questions, including at least one from each section, but not more than one from
any of the sections A and B.

Where necessary assume the following constants:

Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.81ms-2

Speed of light in vacuum, c = 3.0 x 108ms-1

Speed of sound in air v = 340ms-1

Electronic Charge, e = 1.6 x 10-19C

Electronic mass, me = 9.1 x 10-31kg

Permeability of free space, μ0 = 4.0π x 10-7Hm-1

Permittivity of free space, ε0 = 8.85 x 10-12Fm-1

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The Constant, = 9.0 x 109F-1m

SECTION A

1 (a) (i) Define reflection of light? (1 mark)

(ii) Two mirrors are inclined to each other at an angle β. Show that if an incident light is
reflected successively from each of the mirrors, the total deviation produced is 2β
(4marks)

(iii) Describe how the result in a(ii) above is used to determine the angle of elevation of
a star. (4 marks)

(b) Describe an experiment to determine the focal length of a convex mirror using a
convex lens. (4 marks)

(c) A convex lens of focal length 18cm is arranged coaxially with a convex mirror of focal
length 24cm; placed 8cm apart. An object is placed 40cm in front of the lens, on the
side remote from the mirror. Find the;

(i) position of the final image. (5marks)

(ii) magnification of the image. (2 marks)

2 (a) (i) Define refractive index of a material. (1 mark)

(ii) Describe an experiment to determine refractive index of a glass block using the
real and apparent depth method. (5marks)

(b) When a small quantity of water is placed on a concave mirror and an object pin is
moved above the mirror, it coincides with its image at distance 15cm. When the
experiment is repeated with another liquid, the coincidence occurs at distance of14cm.
Find the refractive index of the liquid. (refractive index of water = 1.33). (3marks)

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(c) Explain how a plain mirror made of thick glass forms multiple images. (3 marks)

(d) (i) The objective and eye piece of an astronomical telescope have focal lengths of 85cm
and 5cm respectively. Find the separation of the two lenses if the final image is 25cm
from the eye piece. (4 marks)

(ii) State one advantage and one disadvantage of the telescope in (c) (i) above over a
Galilean one. (2 marks)

(e) With the aid of a diagram explain chromatic aberration as applied to a concave
(diverging) lens. (2 marks)

SECTION B

3 (a) (i) Define Doppler effect. (1 mark)

(ii) An observer is moving in one direction with velocity uο. A source of sound is moving
away from the observer with velocity us. Derive the expression for the apparent
frequency of sound heard by the observer. (4marks)

(b) Describe how the Doppler effect is used to determine whether a star is moving away
or towards the earth. (3marks)

(c) (i) What is a fundamental note with reference to a pipe ? (1mark)

(ii) With the aid of a diagram describe the variation of pressure and displacement of
air in an open pipe when producing its fundamental note. (3 marks)

(iii) Explain why two open pipes of the same length may produce fundamental notes
of different frequencies. (3 marks)

(d) A stretched wire of length 60cm and mass per metre 1.2 × 10 -3kg is under tension of
184.6N. If it is plucked at its midpoint, find the frequency and wave length of its lowest
overtone. (5 marks)

4. (a) Distinguish between progressive and stationary waves. (3marks)

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(b) i. What are overtones? (1mars)

ii. Explain why a musical note played on one instrument sounds different from the same
note played on another instrument. (3marks)
(c) A stretched string of length l, is fixed at both ends and then set to vibrate in its allowed
modes. Derive an expression for frequency of the second overtone in terms of the
fundamental frequency. (4marks)
(d) A wire of length 0.60m and mass 9 x 10-4kg is under tension of 135N. The wire is
plucked such that it vibrates in its third harmonic. Calculate the frequency of the third
harmonic. (5marks)
(e) Describe the variation of pressure with displacement of air in a closed pipe vibrating
with fundamental frequency (4marks)

SECTION C

5. (a) (i) Distinguish between e.m.f and terminal p.d of a cell. (2 marks)

(ii) Derive an expression for power dissipated in a resistor of resistance R

ohms when a current I amperes flows through it. (3 marks)
(b) (i) Define electrical conductivity of a wire and state its unit. (2 marks)
(ii) Figure 5 shows current- voltage graphs for two Nichrome wires P and Q
maintained at the same temperature.

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State and explain the difference in shapes of the two graphs. (3 marks)
(c) (i) Distinguish between Ohmic and non-Ohmic conductors. (2 marks)
(ii) Sketch current- voltage graphs of a silver wire and a junction diode, and
briefly account for the shape of each graph. (4 marks)

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(d) The figure below shows a network of resistors connected across a battery of e.m.f
9V and negligible internal resistance.

Calculate the power dissipated in the 4Ω resistor. (4 marks)

6. (a) (i) Define reactance of a capacitor and impedance. (2 marks)

(ii) Derive the expression for the reactance of a capacitor of capacitance C,

connected to a supply of sinusoidal current (4 marks)

(b) When a given capacitor and inductor are separately connected across a voltage
source equal amounts of current is registered. Explain what is observed when a
source of higher frequency is now used. (3marks)
(c) A coil of inductance 0.5H is connected in series with a resistor of resistance 70Ω,
across an a.c voltage source of 240V mains and frequency 40Hz. Find the;

(i) current in the circuit (4 marks)

(ii) power dissipated in the circuit (2 marks)

(d) Describe how the attraction type of moving iron ammeter works. (5 marks)

SECTION D

7. (a) (i) State Ohm’s law . (1 marks)

(ii) Derive an expression for effective resistance of three resistors connected in

parallel. (4 marks)

(b) Describe an experiment to show how resistance varies with length of a wire. (5 marks)

(c) (i) Define temperature coefficient of resistance of a material. (1 mark)

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(ii) A heating coil made of Nichrome wire, having a temperature coefficient of

resistivity 8.0 × 10 – 5 K – 1 and resistivity of 1.08 × 10 – 6 Ω m at 273 K, has a
power rating of 36 W when immersed in water at 373 K at a p.d of 12 V. If the
wire of the coil has a diameter of 0.36 mm, determine the length of wire used for
making the coil. (4 marks)
(d) (i) With the aid of a diagram describe how you would standardise a slide wire
potentiometer. (3 marks)

(ii) State one advantage and one disadvantage of a potentiometer when measuring
voltages. (2 marks)

8. (a) Define electric potential difference. (1 mark)

(b) Explain what happens to the potential energy when two like charges are brought closer.
(2 marks)

(c)

Three charges of +41.3μC, -32.5μC and +28.4μC are placed as in the figure above in air.
Find the:

(i) electric force experienced by the charge at C. (5 marks)

(ii) potential energy of the charge at B. (3 marks)

(d) With the aid of a diagram describe how a Van de Graaff generator works. (6 marks)

(e) Explain how a neutral material can be shielded from an external electric field. (3 marks)

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9. (a) (i) Define dielectric strength and capacitance. (2 marks)

(ii) Sketch the electric field pattern between the plates of a charged capacitor. (1 mark)

(b) A capacitor of capacitance 70μF is charged to a p.d of 40V and then connected across
another capacitor of capacitance 50μF.

(i) Find the energy stored in the 50μF capacitor. (4 marks)

(ii) With the capacitors still connected, a dielectric of relative permittivity 1.5 is inserted
into the 50μF capacitor. Find the final p.d across the capacitors. (3 marks)

(c) Describe an experiment to show how capacitance varies with area of overlap of the
plates. (5 marks)

(d) Three identical capacitors of capacitance, C, with air between their plates are
connected in series across a voltage source. Show that when dielectrics of relative
permittivity 1.5 and 2, are inserted respectively in two of the capacitors, the effective
capacitance in the network increases by C. (4 marks)

(e) List two uses of a dielectric in a capacitor. (1 mark)

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