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TECHNICAL SCIENCES P1
NOVEMBER EXAMINATION 2026 (MOCK)
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Technical Sciences Grade 11 P1 November Mock 2026 Memo (Eng)
Grade 11 Technical Sciences Paper 1 memorandum from the November Mock Exam 2026 (English), 10 pages. Read online or download the free PDF.
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Technical Sciences/P1 2 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
GENERAL MARKING GUIDELINES
1. Calculations: Marks are awarded for the correct formula, correct substitution and the
correct final answer WITH the correct unit, as indicated by the ticks (✓). No mark is
awarded for a formula that is not followed by a substitution. If an incorrect formula is
used, no further marks are awarded for that calculation.
2. Units: The final-answer mark is only awarded if the correct unit is given. Penalise an
omitted or incorrect unit only ONCE per question.
3. Rounding: Accept final answers rounded to a minimum of TWO decimal places. Small
differences caused by rounding of intermediate values are accepted.
4. Positive marking: Where an incorrect answer from a previous question is used correctly
in a later calculation, full marks are awarded for the later calculation.
5. Negative marking: If a candidate must explain or motivate a choice (e.g. INCREASES
or DECREASES) and the choice is incorrect, no marks are awarded for the explanation.
6. Definitions/laws: Where key words are underlined, deduct 1 mark for EACH key word
or phrase that is omitted. Accept equivalent wording that conveys the same meaning.
7. Free-body diagrams: ONE mark for each force represented by an arrow with a correct
label. Penalise ONCE for: no arrows, gaps between the arrows and the dot, dotted lines,
or additional (non-applicable) forces.
8. Sign convention: Candidates may choose either direction as positive, provided it is
applied consistently.
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Technical Sciences/P1 3 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 1
1.1 C ✓✓ (2)
1.2 B ✓✓ (2)
1.3 D ✓✓ (2)
1.4 A ✓✓ (2)
1.5 C ✓✓ (2)
1.6 B ✓✓ (2)
1.7 D ✓✓ (2)
1.8 A ✓✓ (2)
1.9 B ✓✓ (2)
1.10 D ✓✓ (2)
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QUESTION 2
2.1 A single vector that has the same effect as two or more vectors acting together
(at a point). ✓✓ (2)
2.2 VECTOR ✓ (1)
2.3.1 F3x = F3 cos 30◦ = 50 cos 30◦ ✓
F3x = 43,30 N ✓ (2)
2.3.2 F3y = F3 sin 30◦ = 50 sin 30◦ ✓
F3y = 25,00 N ✓ (2)
2.4 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 2.3
Right (east) and up (north) positive:
Rx = 60 + (–43,30) ✓ = 16,70 N (to the right)
Ry = 35 + (–25) ✓ = 10,00 N (upwards)
R2 = R2x + R2y ✓
R2 = (16,70)2 + (10,00)2 ✓
R = 19,46 N ✓ (5)
2.5 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 2.4
Ry 10,00
tan θ = = ✓
Rx 16,70
θ = 30,92◦ (above the horizontal, to the right / east) ✓
10 or cos θ = 16,70 . Range: 30,90◦ – 30,95◦ .
Accept sin θ = 19,46 19,46 (2)
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Technical Sciences/P1 4 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 3
3.1 The gravitational force that the Earth exerts on an object. ✓✓ (2)
3.2 Fg = mg ✓
Fg = (1 500)(9,8) ✓
Fg = 14 700 N ✓ (3)
3.3 NON-CONTACT force ✓ (1)
3.4 Any ONE: Magnetic force / electrostatic (electric) force ✓ (1)
3.5.1 8 + 6 = 14 km ✓ (1)
3.5.2 ∆x2 = 82 + 62 ✓
∆x = 10 km ✓
Accept 10 000 m. Direction not required. (2)
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Technical Sciences/P1 5 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 4
4.1 The force that opposes the (tendency of) motion of an object and acts parallel
to the surface in contact. ✓✓ (2)
4.2.1 Normal force / total mass of the block ✓ (1)
4.2.2 Frictional force (maximum static / kinetic) ✓ (1)
4.2.3 Any ONE: Type (nature) of surfaces in contact / same block / same table /
horizontal surface ✓ (1)
4.3
N / FN / normal force ✓
fk / friction ✓ F / FA / applied force ✓
Fg / w / weight ✓
Accept FT / tension for the applied force. Do not penalise for relative lengths of arrows. (4)
4.4 N = Fg = mg ✓
N = (2,0)(9,8) = 19,6 N ✓ (2)
4.5 fmax
s = µs N ✓
6,86 = µs (19,6) ✓
µs = 0,35 ✓ (no unit) (3)
4.6 fk = µk N ✓
4,90 = µk (19,6) ✓
µk = 0,25 ✓ (no unit) (3)
4.7 For each mass, the kinetic frictional force is SMALLER than the maximum static
frictional force ✓ / µk < µs .
A smaller applied force is therefore needed to keep the block moving than to
start it moving. ✓ (2)
4.8 REMAINS THE SAME ✓ (1)
4.9 Any TWO: Walking without slipping / grip of car tyres on the road / car brakes
or brake pads / belt drives and pulleys / striking a match / nails and screws
holding in wood / holding objects ✓✓ (2)
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Technical Sciences/P1 6 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 5
5.1 A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular (at right
angles) to the direction of propagation of the wave. ✓✓ (2)
5.2 The maximum displacement of a particle from its rest (equilibrium) position.
✓✓ (2)
5.3.1 12 cm / 0,12 m ✓ (1)
5.3.2 0,8 m ✓ (1)
5.4.1 Any ONE pair: A and C / A and F / C and F / B and E ✓ (1)
5.4.2 Any ONE pair: A and B / A and E / C and B / C and E / F and B / F and E ✓
Also accept any pair that includes D with a crest or trough. (1)
5.5 2 (two) ✓ (1)
2
5.6 T= = 0,4 s ✓
5
1 1
f= = ✓
T 0,4
f = 2,5 Hz ✓
OR: f = numbertime
of waves = 5 ✓✓ = 2,5 Hz ✓
2 (3)
5.7 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTIONS 5.3.2 AND 5.6
v = fλ ✓
v = (2,5)(0,8) ✓
v = 2 m·s–1 ✓ (3)
5.8 DECREASES ✓ (1)
5.9 The speed of the wave remains constant (same medium / same rope). ✓
Since v = fλ , the wavelength is inversely proportional to the frequency
(wavelength is halved). ✓ (2)
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Technical Sciences/P1 7 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 6
6.1 A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of
propagation of the wave. ✓✓ (2)
6.2.1 Compression ✓ (1)
6.2.2 Rarefaction ✓ (1)
1
6.3.1 T= ✓
f
1
T= ✓
235
T = 4,26 × 10–3 s ✓ (3)
6.3.2 v = fλ ✓
340 = (235)λ ✓
λ = 1,45 m ✓ (3)
6.4 Sound waves with frequencies higher than 20 kHz / above the upper limit of
the human hearing range. ✓✓ (2)
0,12
6.5 Time for the pulse to reach the seabed: ∆t = = 0,06 s ✓
2
∆x
v= ✓
∆t
∆x
1 500 = ✓
0,06
∆x = 90 m ✓
OR: 2∆x = v∆t = (1 500)(0,12) = 180 m ✓✓✓; depth = 90 m ✓. If 180 m is given as
the depth: max 2/4. (4)
6.6 Amplitude ✓ (1)
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Technical Sciences/P1 8 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 7
7.1 The region (in space) around a magnet in which another magnet or a
ferromagnetic material will experience a (magnetic) force. ✓✓ (2)
7.2.1
N N
Criteria: Correct shape – lines bend away from each other (no lines joining the two
north poles) ✓; Direction of arrows away from both north poles ✓; Field lines do not
cross / touch ✓. (Null point not required.) (3)
7.2.2 REPEL ✓ (1)
7.3 Any TWO ✓✓:
Field lines never cross (intersect) each other.
Field lines are closest together where the field is strongest (at the poles).
Outside a magnet, field lines point from the north pole to the south pole.
Field lines form closed loops (inside the magnet from S to N). (2)
7.4.1 SOUTH (magnetic pole) ✓ (1)
7.4.2 It deflects charged particles from the Sun (solar wind) / cosmic rays away from
the Earth’s surface. ✓
Accept: protects the atmosphere (ozone layer) from being stripped away by the solar
wind. (1)
7.5 Any TWO: Iron / nickel / cobalt / steel / alloys of these metals ✓✓ (2)
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Technical Sciences/P1 9 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 8
8.1 The net (total) charge in an isolated (closed) system remains constant (is
conserved). ✓✓ (2)
Q1 + Q2 (+6 × 10–9 ) + (–2 × 10–9 )
8.2 Q= = ✓
2 2
Q = +2 × 10–9 C (on each sphere) ✓ (2)
8.3 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 8.2
∆Q
n= ✓
e
(+2 × 10–9 ) – (–2 × 10–9 ) 6×10–9 –2×10–9 for P)
n= ✓ (or
1,6 × 10–19 1,6×10–19
n = 2,5 × 1010 electrons ✓ (3)
8.4 FROM Q TO P ✓ (1)
8.5 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 8.2
kQ1 Q2
F= ✓
r2
(9 × 109 )(2 × 10–9 )(2 × 10–9 )
F= ✓✓
(0,3)2
F = 4 × 10–7 N ✓
1 mark for substitution of both charges, 1 mark for (0,3)2 . (4)
8.6 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 8.5
F
E= ✓
q
4 × 10–7
E= ✓
2 × 10–9
E = 200 N·C–1 ✓ (3)
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Technical Sciences/P1 10 Hlayiso/Mock 2026
NSC – Marking Guidelines
QUESTION 9
9.1 The potential difference across a conductor is directly proportional to the
current in the conductor at constant temperature. ✓✓ (2)
9.2.1 Rs = R1 + R2 = 5 + 12 ✓
Rs = 17 Ω ✓
V 12
R= ✓ 17 =
I I
I = 0,71 A ✓ (4)
9.2.2 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 9.2.1
V
R= ✓
I
V
5= 1 ✓
0,71
V1 = 3,53 V ✓ (Accept 3,55 V when 0,71 A is used.) (3)
R 2 R3 (12)(6) 1 1 1
9.3.1 Rp = = ✓ OR = + ✓
R2 + R3 12 + 6 Rp 12 6
Rp = 4 Ω ✓
RT = R1 + Rp = 5 + 4 ✓
RT = 9 Ω ✓ (4)
9.3.2 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 9.3.1
V
R= ✓
I
12
9= ✓
I
I = 1,33 A ✓ (3)
9.3.3 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTIONS 9.3.1 AND 9.3.2
Vp = IRp ✓
Vp = (1,33)(4) ✓
V2 = 5,33 V ✓ (Accept 5,32 V)
OR: V1 = (1,33)(5) = 6,67 V ✓; V2 = 12 – 6,67 ✓ = 5,33 V ✓ (3)
9.3.4 POSITIVE MARKING FROM QUESTION 9.3.3
V
R= ✓
I
5,33
6= ✓
I3
I3 = 0,89 A ✓ (3)
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