2026 Grade 10 Electricity End of Term 1 Exam with Marking Scheme

• Duration: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
• Total Marks: 90
• Number of Questions: 9

This paper  covers the following topics:

• Importance and uses of electricity in society and modern development
• Electrical safety stakeholders, regulations, and career opportunities
• Properties of DC electric circuits and Ohm’s Law
• Electrical materials (conductors, insulators, semiconductors) and metallic conduction
• Primary and secondary cells (operation, charging/discharging, safe disposal)
• Series and parallel connections of batteries
• Capacitors (operation principles, circuit characteristics, and selection factors)
• Resistors (factors affecting resistance and color coding)
• Electrical circuit calculations (total resistance, current, R-C circuit impedance, and phase angle)
• Pictorial engineering drawings and first angle orthographic projection