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PHYSICS
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HOLY ANGLES HIGH SCHOOL MADERA
S.3 PHYSICS
Paper 1
END OF YEAR EXAMS
1hour 45 minutes.

INSTRUCTIONS: Attempt all questions in section A and Any two from Section B.
All questions in section B carry equal marks any additional questions Attempted shall not be
marked.
Be neat and manage your time well.
Where necessary, use g = 10ms-2.

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 Section A (40 marks).

1. (a) Okello pushes a desk that is against a wall, while peter pulls the same desk but in free space. In
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which case is work being done? Give a reason for your answer. (𝟎𝟏 𝟐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
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(b) A student who is practicing gymnastics has a mass of 45kg and takes 6s to climb a flight of stairs of
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36 steps. If each step is 16cm high, how much power is generated by the student? (𝟎𝟐 𝟐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
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2. A boy lifted a stone using a wooden pole by placing the stone on one end of the pole and the middle part
of the pole on the bricks of a certain height while he applied an effort on the other end.
(a) Identify the example of machine being demonstrated. (01 mark)
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(b) The above machine can be classified depending upon the position of the stone, effort applied and the
turning point. With reasons, explain the three classifications of the above machine. (03 marks)
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3. In an activity, students balanced a uniform metre rule of negligible weight horizontally on a knife edge
at its middle as shown below

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(a) What do you understand by the term Uniform metre rule? (01 mark)
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(b) Using the principle of moments find the weight P. (03 marks)
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4. Akello and Nagendo are two students with the same mass 50kg, but wear different types of shoes.
Nagendo wears high heeled pair of shoes with area of contact 2.02 𝑥 10−2 𝑚2 while Akello wears flat
pair of shoes with area of contact of 4.0 𝑥 10−2 𝑚2 . Which student exerts the highest pressure on the
ground? With reasons, which shoe can you recommend for wearing on the soft ground. (04 marks)
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5. If you are to become an engineer, what four major things would you consider when selecting materials
for construction. (04 marks)
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6. (a) Jane looked at herself in a plane mirror. Describe the appearance of jane in the mirror. (02 marks)
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 (b) Alex is 2.5m tall and stands a distance of 60cm from a concave mirror of focal length 20cm. his
image is formed at 30cm Infront of the mirror, determine the magnification of his image. (02 marks)
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7. (a) When a body moves from point A to B, it is said to have been displaced through a certain distance.
How can you distinguish displacement from distance. (02 marks)
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(b) It took you 4 hours to travel by Y.Y coach from Soroti to Kampala which is a distance of 360km
away. At what speed in ms-1 was the Y.Y coach moving. (02 marks)

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8. (a) When is a body said to be moving with uniform velocity? (02 marks)
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(b) A train starts from rest and accelerates to 30ms-1 in 10s. it maintains this velocity to 30s and retards
to rest in 20s. draw a velocity time graph to show this motion. (03 marks)

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9. (a) The Ugandan traffic police is at all times strict on drivers and passengers to always fasten their seat
belts whenever they are travelling using any automobile. Why do you sink so? (01 mark)
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(b) A bus of mass 2 tones moving at 5ms-1 collided on to a trailer of mass 1 tone packed along side the
road and they move separately in the same direction. If the velocity of the bus after collision was 3ms -1,
calculate the velocity with which the trailer will move. (03 marks)
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10. (a) When a pencil is placed in a transparent glass beaker containing water in such a way that it leans on
one side, it is observed that the pencil appears bent. Explain the cause of the observation. (01 mark)
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(b) A ray of light is incident from water to air an angle of incidence of 40 0. If the refractive index of water is
1.33. illustrate the path followed by the ray, hence calculate the angle of refraction. (03 marks)
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 Section B (20 marks) attempt any two.

11. The construction of a four storied building at a certain school collapsed and scores of people died. The
LC1 accused the headteacher of sacrificing the deceased to appease his spiritual ancestors in order to get
riches. This created a lot of unrest and the residents want to gang up to destroy the school.
Task: As a student who has studied material science, prepare a short speech to resolve the unrest.
(10 marks)
12. You have been selected amongst science students to go on a field trip. You have been tasked to design
and make a solar concentrator that will be used for cooking while on the field tour.
Task: Using the knowledge of reflection of light, what materials are you likely to use and what design
would you prefer to make it work. (10 marks)

13. At some black-spots on Karuma – Gulu highway, it has been noted in the recent years that several road
fatalities involving motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians’ accidents have occurred. These road black-
spots are locations like sharp road bends, steep slopes, road check points and traffic junctions. The area
is also believed to have evil spirits cast by wicked people. Anxiety, fear, loss of lives and mistrust have
cropped amongst the road users, local community, local council leaders and the police. The authorities
have organized meeting for these stake holders.
Task: Write a speech to the above concerned stake holders to help address tis challenge. (10 marks)

14. A swimming pool in sun city amusement park in Soroti has had problems with some people drowning
when they go swimming in it for the last six month. The community including several residents,
customers, local council leaders and the police have developed unfriendly working relationship with the
hotel staff and have been to courts of law on several occasions. Several hotel staff have been expelled
from work amidst citing curses and witch craft. This resulted into a big crisis amongst the stake holders.
Task: Assume you are the new hotel manager and a meeting of the stake holders has been organized.
Write a report you will give to help resolve the problem. (10 marks)

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