P510/2

PHYSICS
Paper 2
July / Aug. 2018
2½ hrs
INTERNAL MOCK EXAMINATIONS – 2018
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
PHYSICS
Paper 2
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Answer five questions, taking at leastone from each of the sections A, B, C and D but not more than
one question should be chosen from either section A or B.

Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.

Non – programmable scientific calculators may be used.
Assume where necessary:
Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.81 ms-2.
Speed of light in a vacuum, c = 3.0 × 108 ms-1.
Electron charge, e = 1.6 × 10-19C.
Electron mass = 9.11 × 10-31kg.
Plank’s constant, h = 6.6 × 10-34Js.
Permeability of free space = 4.0π × 10-7Hm-1.
Permittivity of free space = 8.85 × 10-12Fm-1.

The constant = 9.0 × 109F-1m.

One electron volt (eV) = 1.6 × 10-19J.

Avogadro’s number NA = 6.02 × 1023mol-1.
Resistivity of Nichrome wire at 25oC = 1.2 × 106Ωm.
Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 × 103Jkg-1K-1.

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 SECTION A
1. (a) (i) State the laws of refraction of light. (02 marks)
(ii) State the conditions for total internal reflection to occur. (02 marks)
(b) Describe how the focal length of a converging lens can be determined using a
plane mirror and the non parallax method. (05 marks)
(c) A concave mirror forms an image half the size of the object. The object is then
moved towards the mirror until the image size is three quarters that of the
object. If the image is moved a distance of 0.6 , calculate the;
(i) focal length of the mirror, (03 marks)
(ii) new position of the object. (03 marks)
(d) An object, , placed infront of a converging lens forms a real image, , on the
screen. The distance between the object and its real image is, , while that of
the image from the lens is . derive the expression for the least possible
distance between the object and its real image. (05 marks)

2. (a) Define refractive index of a material. (01 mark)

(b) A liquid is placed in a concave mirror to a depth of 2 . An object held
above the liquid coincides with it’s own image when it is 45.5 from the
pole of the mirror. If the radius of curvature of the mirror is 60 , calculate
the refractive index of the liquid. (04 marks)
(c) (i) A ray of monochromatic light is incident at a small angle of incidence
on a small angle prism in air. Derive the expression = ( − 1) for
the deviation of light by the prism. (05 marks)
(ii) Light of two wave lengths is incident at a small angle on a thin prism of
refracting angle 5 and refractive indices 1.52 and 1.50 for two wave
lengths. Find the angular separation of the two wave lengths after
refraction by the prism. (03 marks)
(d) (i) With the aid of a labeled diagram, describe the essential parts of a
photographic camera. (05 marks)
(ii) Explain how chromatic and spherical aberration are minimized in the
photographic camera. (02 marks)

SECTION B
3. (a) Using Huygens principle of construction explain how diffraction takes place
through small openings. (04 marks)

(b) (i) What is a diffraction grating? (01 mark)

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 (ii) Describe an experiment to determine the wavelength of light using a
diffraction grating.. (05 marks)
(c) A beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 5.7 × 10 is incident
normally on a diffraction grating of 500 lines per . Find the angular
deviation of the second order image. (03 marks)
(d) What is meant by;
(i) constructive interference, and (02 marks)
(ii) destructive interference as applied to light? (02 marks)

(e) In Young’s double slit experiment, eight bright fringes are counted in a space
of 2.72 . If the slit separation is 0.35 and the screen is 1.8 away from
slits, find the wavelength of the light used. (03 marks)

4. (a) Distinguish between progressive and stationary waves. (03 marks)

(b) Describe an experiment to show that a stretched string vibrates in more than
one mode. (05 marks)
(c) A uniform wire of length 0.8 and 2.0 × 10 # $% is stretched between two
fixed points so that the tension in the wire is 200&. If the wire is plucked in
the middle, calculate the:
(i) speed of the transverse wave produced. (03 marks)
(ii) frequency of the fundamental note. (02 marks)
(d) (i) What is Doppler Effect? (01 mark)
(ii) Describe one application of Doppler Effect. (03 marks)
(iii) A driver of a car speeding at 18 ' receives a note of frequency
714() from the hooter of a factory behind the car. Find the true
frequency of the note. (03 marks)

SECTION C
5. (a) (i) Define capacitive reactance. (01 mark)
(ii) An alternating voltage * = *+ '- 2./0 volts is connected across a
capacitor of capacitance, 1, farads. Derive an expression for the current
flowing through the circuit. Hence deduce the expression for the
capacitive reactance. (04 marks)

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 (b)

In the figure above, the bulbs 2 and 3 have the same ratings. 2 is connected
in series with a capacitor across an a.c source while 3 is connected in series
with an identical capacitor across a . source of 4 / equal to the root mean
square voltage of the 5. as shown. Explain why bulb 2 lights continuously
while 3 does not. (04 marks)

(c) (i) What is rectification? (01 mark)

(ii) With the aid of a diagram describe the action of a half wave rectifier
type of meter. (04 marks)
(d) Explain why on average, the power delivered to an inductor in one cycle is
zero. (03 marks)
(e) A sinusoidal alternating voltage of 8.0*678 and frequency 1.2$() is applied
to a coil of inductance 0.8(. Assuming that the coil has negligible resistance,
calculate the root mean square value of the current. (03 marks)

6. (a) Define the terms Magnetic flux and Magnetic flux density. (02 marks)
(b) (i) Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two long
parallel conductors carrying current. (04 marks)
(ii) Use the expression above to define the SI unit of current. (01 mark)
(c) An air craft is flying horizontally at 1000$ ℎ at a point where the earth’s
magnetic flux density is 2.4 × 10 : ; and the angle of dip is 80 . If the
distance between the wing tips is 60 , calculate the potential difference
induced between its wing tips. (04 marks)
(d) Describe with the aid of a diagram an absolute method of determining
resistance. (05 marks)
(e) (i) What is meant by magnetic moment of a current carrying coil?
(01 mark)
(ii) A circular coil of 10 turns each of radius 8 is suspended with its
plane along a uniform magnetic field of flux density 0.2;. Find the
initial torque on the coil when a current of 2.0 is passed through it.
(03 marks)
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7. (a) State the laws of electromagnetic induction. (02 marks)
(b) (i) With the aid of a labelled diagram describe the structure and action of a
. generator. (05 marks)
(ii) Explain the structural modifications needed to convert an 5. generator
into a . generator. (02 marks)
(c) A small rectangular coil of 12 turns and dimensions 5 by 3 is
suspended inside a long solenoid of 1200 turns per metre so that its plane lies
along the axis of the solenoid. The coil is connected in series with the
solenoid. The coil deflects through 40 when a current of 3.0 is passed
through the solenoid. Find the torsion constant of the suspension. (04 marks)
(d) (i) Explain the main precautions taken in the construction of an 5.
transformer. (03 marks)
(ii) A transformer is designed to work on a 240*, 60< supply. It has 3000
turns in the primary and 200 turns in the secondary and its efficiency is
80%. Calculate the current in the secondary coil. (04 marks)

SECTION D
8. (a) (i) State coulomb’s law of electrostatics. (01 mark)
(ii) Two point charges 2 and 3 of 18.0 1 and 9.0 1 are placed in vacuum
at a distance of 16 apart. When a third charge ? is placed mid – way
between 2 and 3the net force on 3 is zero. Determine the charge on ?.
(05 marks)
(b) (i) What is an electric field line? (01 mark)
(ii) Derive the expression for the electric potential at a point a distance,
@ from an isolated charge of magnitude A in air. (04 marks)
(c) (i) Define electric field intensity. (01 mark)
(ii) Explain why a charged spherical conductor losses charge faster when a
pin is attached to it. (03 marks)
(d) Describe how an electroscope can be used to distinguish a conductor from an
insulator. (03 marks)
(e) Explain how a charged body attracts uncharged conductor. (03 marks)

9. (a) (i) Derive the expression for the effective resistance of the three resistors
in parallel. (03 marks)
(ii) Explain why a wire heats up when current flows through it. (04 marks)

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 (b) (i) Describe how a potentiometer can be used to measure thermoelectric
e.m.f. (04 marks)
(ii) State the advantages of a potentiometer over a voltmeter in
measurement of voltages. (02 marks)

In the figure above 23 is a uniform wire of length 100 and resistance

10B. C is a driver cell of e.m.f 2.5* and negligible internal resistance. When
the galvanometer D, is connected in turn to points E and F, the balance lengths
are, 64.0 and 90.0 respectively. Calculate the;
(i) current flowing through the resistor, G, (04 marks)
(ii) 4. . / of cell H given that the cell has negligible internal resistance.
(03 marks)

10. (a) (i) Define dielectric strength and state its unit. (02 marks)
(ii) Describe an experiment to show the effect of placing a dielectric
between the plates of a capacitor on capacitance of a capacitor.
(04 marks)
(b) A capacitor of capacitance ? is charged by a battery and then later isolated.
When the plates of the capacitor are taken apart, deduce what happens to the
potential difference between the plates. (04 marks)
(c) Derive an expression for the combined capacitance of two capacitors in series.
(04 marks)

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The figure above shows a net work of capacitors connected across a battery of
e.m.f 12*. Calculate the:
(i) total charge stored on the capacitors, (04 marks)
(ii) energy stored in the network. (02 marks)

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