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JAMB PHYSICS PAST QUESTIONS (PT.1)

PAPER TYPE: C A. X and Y will both be 500m from


the point of throw
1. Which Question Paper Type of B. X and Y will be 500m from
Physics is given to you? each other
C. Y will be 500 m ahead of X
A. Type A D. X will be 500m ahead of Y.
B. Type B
C. Type C 4. A man standing on a lift that is
D. Type D. descending does not feel any
weight because _____
2. A carpenter on top of a roof
20.m high dropped a hammer of A. there is no gravitational pull on
mass 1.5kg and it fell freely to the man in the lift
the ground. The kinetic energy of B. the inside of the lift is air tight
the hammer just before hitting C. the lift is in vacuum
the ground is _____ [g = 10ms-2] D. there is no reaction from the
floor of the lift.
A. 450 J
B. 600 J 5.
C. 150 J
D. 300 J

3. Two balls X and Y weighing 5g


and 50kg respectively were
thrown up vertically at the same
time with a velocity of 100ms-1. The diagram above shows two
How will their positions be one vectors at right angles to each
second later?

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other. The value of the resultant 8.
vector is _____

A. 13.0 N
B. 14.0 N The diagrams above show the
C. 10.0 N positions of a cone. The position
D. 12.0 N. which can be described as neutral
equilibrium is represented as
6. An object of mass 2kg moves _____
with a velocity of 10ms-1 round a
circle of radius 4m. Calculate the A. Y and X
centripetal force on the object. B. Z only
C. X only
A. 40 N D. Y and Z.
B. 25 N
C. 100 N 9. If a tube of small radius
D. 50 N opened at both ends is placed in a
liquid, the liquid will _____
7. If it takes an object 3s to fall
freely to the ground from a A. rise above the liquid level if the
certain height, what is the liquid does not wet the glass
distance covered by the object? B. remain at the same level
[g = 10ms-2] irrespective of whether the liquid
wets the glass or not
A. 60 m C. fall below the liquid level if the
B. 90 m liquid wets the glass
C. 30 m D. fall below the liquid level if the
D. 45 m. liquid does not wet the glass.

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10. 12. A machine is used to lift a
I. Density of the liquid load of 20 N through a height of
II. Depth below the surface of 10m. If the efficiency of the
the liquid machine is 40%, how much work
III. Surface area of the liquid is done?

In which of the statement above A. 120 J


will pressure be dependent? B. 80 J
C. 500 J
A. I and III only D. 300 J.
B. I and II only
C. II and III only 13. Which of the following could
D. I, II and III. be effectively used to reduce
friction?
11.
I. High thermal capacity A. Petrol
II. High sensitivity B. Kerosene
III. Easy readability C. Grease
IV. Accuracy over a wide D. Water.
range of temperatures
14. A copper wire was subjected
From the statements above, the to a tensile stress of 7.7 x 107
qualities of a good thermometer Nm-2. Calculate the tensile strain
are of the wire. [Young modulus =
1.1 x 1011Nm-2]
A. II, III and IV
B. I and II A. 2.2 x 10-4
C. I, II, III and IV B. 2.0 x 10-5
D. I, III and IV C. 7.0 x 10-3

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D. 7.0 x 10-4 D. white body.

15. An object weighs 22kg in 18. The phenomenon that shows


water and 30kg in air. What is the that increase in pressure lowers
up thrust exerted by the liquid on the melting point can be observed
the object? [g = 10 ms-2] in _____

A. 80 N A. regelation
B. 50 N B. sublimation
C. 520 N C. condensation
D. 220 N. D. coagulation.

16. A block of aluminium is 19. If the volume of a gas


heated electrically by a 30 W increases steadily as the
heater. If the temperature rises temperature decreases at
by 100˚C in 5 minutes, the heat constant pressure, the gas obeys
capacity of the aluminium is ____ _____

A. 200 JK-1 A. Charles’ law


B. 900 JK-1 B. Graham’s law
C. 90 JK-1 C. Boyle’s law
D. 100 JK-1 D. pressure law.

17. A perfect emitter or absorber 20. Steam burn is more severe


of radiant energy is a _____ than that of boiling water because
_____
A. red body
B. conductor A. steam burn is dependent on
C. black body relative humidity

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B. steam burn is independent of 23. A metal of volume 40cm3 is
relative humidity heated from 30⁰C to 90⁰C, the
C. steam possess greater heat increase in volume is _____
energy per unit mass [Linear expansivity of the metal=
D. water boils at a higher 2.0 x 10-5K-1]
temperature
A. 0.40cm3
21. Which of the following types B. 0 14cm3
of waves needs a medium for C. 0.12cm3
propagation? D. 1.20cm3

A. X-rays 24.
B. Sound waves I. Change of state
C. Light waves II. Diffusion
D. Radio waves. III. Radiation
IV. Osmosis
22. The ground is always cold at
night because the _____ Which of the processes above can
be explained using the kinetic
A. atmosphere reflects the sun’s theory?
energy at night
B. atmosphere absorbs the sun’s A. I, II and IV
energy at night B. I, II, III and IV
C. earth radiates heat to the C. I, II and III
atmosphere at night D. I, III and IV.
D. sun no longer shines at night
25. When the human eye loses its
power of accommodation, the
detect is known as _____

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A. long-sightedness 28. Which of the following
B. short-sightedness electromagnetic waves has the
C. presbyopia highest frequency?
D. astigmatism
A. X-rays
26. A length of wire has a B. Ultra-violet rays
frequency of 255Hz when C. Radio waves
stretched by a force of 225 N. If D. Infrared-rays.
the force increases to 324 N, what
is the new frequency of vibration? 29. When a red rose flower is
observed in blue light, what
A. 356 Hz colour does the observer see?
B. 306 Hz
C. 512 Hz A. Yellow
D. 488 Hz. B. Red
C. Blue
27. A certain far-sighted person D. Magenta.
cannot see objects that are closer
to the eye than 50cm clearly. 30. The eclipse of the sun occurs
Determine the power of the when the _____
converging lens which will enable
him to see at 25cm. A. moon’s umbra falls on some
part of the earth
A. 0.04 D B. moon is between the sun and
B. 0.06 D the earth
C. 0.02 D C. earth is between the sun and
D. 0.03 D. the moon
D. moon is not completely hidden
in the earth’s shadow.

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31. A cannon is fired from town X. C. 6.0
After how long is the sound heard D. 3.0.
at a town Y 4.95 km away?
[velocity of sound in air = 333 34. In the circuit below, three
ms-1] resistors, 2Ω, 4 Ω and 12 Ω are
connected in parallel and a 12 V
A. 15 s battery is connected across the
B. 0 s combination. The current flowing
C. 10 s through the 12 Ω resistor is ____
D. 12 s

32. An image in a convex lens is


upright magnified 3 times. If the
focal length of the lens is 15cm,
what is the object distance?

A. 14 cm
B. 10cm A. 9.6 A
C. 25 cm B. 14.4 A
D. 26cm. C. 1.0 A
D. 3.2 A.
33. The capacitance of a parallel
plate capacitor is 20 μF in air and 35. If the charge of electricity per
60 μF in the presence of a kWh is N4, what is the cost of
dielectric. What is the dielectric operating an electrical appliance
constant? rated 2.50 V, 2 A for 6 hours?

A. 2.0 A. ₦24
B. 0.3 B. ₦0.12

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C. ₦12 connected in parallel because
D. ₦16. _____

36. The correct expression for the A. less voltage will be used
potential at a point, distance r B. parallel connection does not
from a charge q, in an electric heat up the wires
field is _____ C. series connection uses high
voltage
q
A. D. less current will be used.
4πЄOr2
q
B.
4πЄOr
39. Two resistors 5 Ω and 10 Ω
q2
C.
4πЄOr2 are arranged first in series and
q2
D. later in parallel to a 24 V source.
4πЄOr
The ratio of total power dissipated
in the series and parallel

37. Three similar cells each of arrangement respectively is

e.m.f 2V and internal resistance 2 _____

Ω are connected in parallel, the


total e.m.f and total internal A. 3:5

resistance are respectively _____ B. 5:3


C. 1:50

A. 6 V, 0.7 Ω D. 50:1.

B. 6 V, 6.0 Ω
C. 2 V, 0.7 Ω 40. Which of the following will be

D. 2 V, 6.0 Ω applied when a metal x in


electrolysis?

38. In homes, electrical


appliances and lamps are A. Y is the anode and very high
current is used

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B. X is the anode and very high 43. If the threshold frequency for
current is used tungsten is 1.3 x 1015Hz, what is
C. X is the cathode and Y is the its work function?
anode
D. Y is the cathode and X is the A. 8.85 x 10-18 J
anode B. 8.58 x 10-19 J
C. 8.58 x 10-15 J
41. A radioactive isotope has a D. 8.58 x 10-17 J
decay constant of 10-5s-1. [h = 6.6 x 10-34 Js]
Calculate its half-life.
44. In an a.c. circuit, the ratio of
A. 6.93 x 104s r.m.s value to peak value of
B. 6.93 x 10-6s current is total power dissipated
C. 6.93 x 10-5s in the series
D. 6.93 x 105s
1
A.
√2
42. Which of the following is a
B. √2
property of steel?
C. 2
1
D.
2
A. It can easily be magnetized
and demagnetized
45. Two inductors of inductances
B. It cannot retain its magnetism
4H and 8H are arranged in series
longer than iron
and a current of 10A is passed
C. It can be used for making
through them. What is the energy
temporary magnets
stored in them?
D. It can be used for making
permanent magnets
A. 250 J
B. 500 J
C. 50 J
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D. 133 J. 49. Which of the following
materials has an increase in
46. Under which of the following resistance with temperature?
conditions do gasses conduct
electricity? A. Electrolyte
B. Water
A. High pressure and high p.d C. Metals
B. Low pressure and low p.d D. Wood.
C. low pressure and high p.d
D. High pressure and low p.d 50. The electrical properties of
germination can be altered
47. In measuring high frequency drastically by the addition of
a.c., the instrument used is the impurities. The process is referred
_____ to as _____

A. hot wire ammeter A. doping


B. d.c. ammeter B. saturation
C. moving coil ammeter C. bonding
D. moving iron ammeter. D. amplification

48. The bond between silicon and


germanium is

A. electrovalent
B. covalent
C. ionic
D. dative.

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JAMB PHYSICS PAST QUESTIONS (PT.2)

PAPER TYPE: PURPLE If the force in the rope is 1500N,


what is the frictional force on the
1. Which Question paper type of load?
physics as indicated above is
given to you? A. 1524N
B. 1350N
A. Type Green C. 1260N
B. Type Purple D. 1061N
C. Type Red
D. Type Yellow 4.

2. In order to remove the error of


parallax when taking
measurements with a metre rule,
the eye should be focused _____

A. slantingly towards the left on


the markings
B. slantingly towards the right on
the markings
C. vertically downwards on the From the diagram above, OT is

markings _____

D. vertically upwards on the


markings. A. 18N
B. 14N

3. A load is pulled at a uniform C. 5N

speed along horizontal floor by a D. 2N

rope at 45⁰ to floor.

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5. 7. A car starts from rest and
moves with a uniform acceleration
of 30ms-2 for 20s. Calculate the
distance covered at the end of the
motion.

A. 6km
B. 12km
From the velocity-time graph
C. 18km
shown above, which of the
D. 24km.
following quantities CANNOT be
determined?
8. A rocket is fired from the
earth’s surface to a distant planet.
A. Deceleration.
By Newton’s law of universal
B. Initial velocity.
gravitation, the force F will _____
C. Total distance travelled.
D. Initial acceleration
A. increase as a reduces
B. increase as G varies
6. Calculate the total distance
C. remains constant
covered by a train before coming
D. increases as r increases
to rest if its initial speed is 30ms-1
with a constant retardation of
9. If a freely suspended object is
0.1ms-2.
pulled to one side and released, it
oscillates about the point of
A. 5500m
suspension because the _____
B. 4500m
C. 4200m
A. acceleration is directly
D. 3000m.
proportional to the displacement

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B. motion is directed away from particle moves from x = 0m to x
the equilibrium point = 80m.
C. acceleration is directly
proportional to the square of the A. 1200J
displacement B. 2400J
D. velocity is minimum at the C. 6000J
equilibrium point. D. 7000J

10. An object moves in a circular 12.


path of radius 0.5m with a speed
of 1ms-1. What is its angular
velocity?

A. 8 rads-1
B. 4 rads -1

C. 2 rads-1 The diagram above shows a

D. 1 rads-1 wooden block just about to slide


down an inclined plane whose

11. inclination to the horizontal is α.


The coefficient of frictional force
between the block and the plane
is _____

A. sin oc
B. tan oc
C. cot oc
D. cos oc

From the diagram above,


13. An object of mass 20kg slides
calculate the work done when the
down an inclined plane at an
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angle of 30° to the horizontal. C. 769 Nm-1
The coefficient of an active friction D. 667 Nm-1
is _____
16. An object of volume 1m3 and
A. 0.2 mass 2kg is totally immersed in a
B. 0.3 liquid of density 1kgm-3. Calculate
C. 0.5 its apparent weight.
D. 0.6
[g ≈10ms-2] A. 20 N
B. 10 N
14. A block and tackle is used to C. 2 N
raise a load of 25N through a D. 1 N
vertical distance of 30m. What is
the efficiency of the system if the 17. The pressure at any point in a
work done against friction is liquid at rest depends only on the
1500J? [g ≈10ms-2] _____

A. 62.5% A. depth and the density


B. 73.3% B. mass and the volume
C. 83.3% C. quantity and the surface area
D. 94.3% D. surface area and the viscosity.

15. If a load of 1kg stretches a 18. A balloon whose volume is


cord by 1.2cm, what is the force 300m3 is filled with hydrogen. If
constant of the cord? the density of air is 1.3kgm-3, find
[g ≈10ms-2] the up thrust on the balloon. [g
≈10ms-2]
A. 866 Nm-1
B. 833 Nm-1 A. 3000N

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B. 3800N the volume of the gas at standard
C. 3900N temperature and pressure?
D. 4200N
A. 1896.5cm3
19. Clinical thermometers are B. 1767.3cm3
examples of _____ C. 1676.3cm3
D. 1456.5cm3
A. pressure gas thermometer
B. resistance thermometer 22. Calculate the temperature
C. alcohol thermometer change when 500 J of heat is
D. mercury-in-glass thermometer. supplied to 100g of water.

20. Two metals P and Q are A. 12.1°C


heated through the same B. 2.1°C
temperature difference. If the C. 1.2°C
ratio of the linear expansivities of D. 0.1°C
P to Q is 2:3 and the ratio of their (Specific heat capacity of water =
lengths is 3:4 respectively, the 4200Jkg-1K-1)
ratio of the increase in lengths of
P to Q is 23. Which of the following is NOT
a factor that can increase the rate
A. 1:2 of evaporation of water in a lake?
B. 2:1
C. 8:9 A. Increase in the pressure of the
D. 9:8 atmosphere
B. Rise in temperature
21. 2000cm3 of a gas is collected C. Increase in the average speed
at 27°C and 700mmHg. What is of the molecules of water

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D. Increase in the kinetic energy Which of the combinations above
of the molecules of water. is correct about Brownian motion?

24. The quantity of heat energy A. I, II and III


required to melt completely 1kg B. II, III and IV only
of ice at -30°C is _____ C. I, III and IV only
D. I, II and IV only
A. 4.13 x 105J
B. 4.13 x 105J 26. The equation of a wave
C. 3.56 x 104J travelling in a horizontal direction
D. 3.56 x 102J is expressed as y=15 sin
2
(60t-x)
5
(latent heat of fusion = 3.5 x 105 what is its wavelength?
Jkg , specific heat capacity of ice
-1

= 2.1 x 103Jkg-1 K-1) A. 60m


B. 15m
25. C. 5m
I. It is a rapid, constant and D. 2m
irregular motion of tiny
particles. 27.
II. It gives evidence that tiny
particles of matter called
molecules exist.
III. It takes place only in
gases.
From the diagram above, if the
IV. It gives evidence that
particles F is at a distance x from
molecules are in a constant
O to the right, the phase of the
state of random motion.
vibration will be different from
that at O by _____

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A.
2πx
when using a concave mirror to
λ
πx shave.
B.
λ
λ
C.
2πx A. between the centre of
λ
D. curvature and the principle focus
πx

B. at principle focus
28. Which of the following factors C. between the principle focus
will affect the velocity of sound? and the pole
D. At the centre of the curvature
A. An increase in the pitch of the
sound 31. A pinhole camera is placed
B. An increase in the loudness of 300m in front of a building so that
the sound the image is formed on a screen
C. Wind travelling in the same 5cm from the pinhole. If the
direction of the sound image is 2.5cm high, the height of
D. A change in the atmospheric the building will be _____
pressure at constant temperature.
A. 25m
29. The characteristics of a B. 50m
vibration that determines its C. 100m
intensity is the _____ D. 150m

A. Frequency 32. The magnification of an object


B. Overtone 2cm tall when placed 10cm in
C. Wavelength front of a plane mirror is _____
D. Amplitude
A. 6.0
30. Where a man can place his B. 1.0
face to get an enlarged image C. 0.7

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D. 0.6 III. Rays of light travel from a
denser medium to a less
33. After reflection from the dense medium
concave mirror, rays of light from
the sun converges _____ Which of the statements above
are conditions for total internal
A. At the radius of curvature reflection to occur?
B. At the focus
C. Beyond the radius of curvature A. I & II only
D. Between the focus and radius B. I & III only
of curvature C. II & III only
D. II only
34. A glass block of thickness
10cm is placed on an object. If an 36. The use of lenses is NOT
observer views the object applicable in the _____
vertically, the displacement of the
object is _____ A. projector
B. human eye
A. 3.33cm C. periscope
B. 5.00cm D. telescope
C. 6.67cm
D. 8.50cm 37. Dispersion of white light is the
ability of white light to _____
35.
I. Rays of light travel from a A. Penetrate air, water and glass
less dense medium to a B. Move in a straight line
denser medium C. Move around corners
II. The angle of incidence is D. Separate to its component
greater than critical angle. colours

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38. A newly charged 12V A. Neutral side of an electric
accumulator can easily start a car supply
whereas eight new dry cells in B. Earth side of an electric supply
series with an effective e.m.f. of C. Live side of an electric supply
12V cannot start the same car D. Terminal side of an electric
because _____ supply

A. The current capacity is high 41. A particle carrying a charge of


B. The current capacity is low 1.0 x 10-8C enters a magnetic
C. It cannot be re-charged field at 3.0 x 102ms-1 at right
D. It cannot easily be connected angles to the field. If the force on
to a car this particle is 1.8 x 10-8N, what is
the magnitude of the field?
39.
A. 6.0 x 10-1T
B. 6.0 x 10-2T
C. 6.0 x 10-3T
D. 6.0 x 10-4T
Six identical cells, each of e.m.f.
2V are connected as shown
42. Which of the following is the
above. The effective e.m.f. of the
correct shape of the graph of
cell is _____
capacity reactance Xc versus
frequency F for a pure capacitor in
A. 0V
an a.c. circuit?
B. 4V
C. 6V
D. 12V

40. The fuse in an electric device


is always connected to the _____
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43. The current output form of an D. mammography
a.c. source is given as I = 10 sin
ωt. The d.c. equivalent of the 46. Which of the following
current is particles CANNOT be deflected by
both electric and magnetic fields?
A. 5.0A
B. 7.1A A. Gamma rays
C. 10.0A B. Alpha particles
D. 14.1A C. Wave particles
D. Beta particles
44. A conductor of length 1m
moves with a velocity of 50ms-1 47. A piece of radioactive material
at an angle of 30° to the direction contains 1000 atoms. If its half-
of a uniform magnetic field of flux life is 20 seconds, the time taken
density 1.5 Wbm-2. What is the for 125 atoms to remain is _____
e.m.f. induced in the conductor?
A. 20 seconds
A. 37.5V B. 40 seconds
B. 50.5V C. 60 seconds
C. 75.0V D. 80 seconds
D. 80.5V
48. The p-n junction diodes can
45. The process of detecting a pin act as rectifiers because they
mistakenly swallowed by a child _____
x–ray.
A. Conduct current when forward
A. Diagnosis biased
B. Therapy B. Conduct current when reverse-
C. Crystallography biased

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D. Conduct current in both Would you like to get or confirm
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49. If a reverse-biased voltage is these questions?
applied across a p-n junction, the
depletion layer width is _____ Download it NOW!

A. Increased
B. Decreased
C. Constant
D. halved

50.
I. Small size
II. Low power requirement
III. Not easily damaged by
high Temperature
IV. Highly durable

Which of the above are the


advantages of semiconductors?

A. I, II and III only


B. II, III and IV only
C. I, II and IV only
D. I, II III and IV

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JAMB PHYSICS PAST QUESTIONS (PT.3)

PAPER TYPE: D C. 43.3 N


D. 25.0N
1. Which Question Paper Type of
Physics is given to you? 4. The pair of physical quantities
that are scalar only are _____
A. Type D.
B. Type I. A. volume and area
C. Type B. B. moment and momentum
D. Type U. C. length and displacement.
D. impulse and time.
2. When a brick is taken from the
earth’s surface to the moon, its 5. A simple pendulum of length
mass _____ 0.4m has a period of 2s. What is
the period a similar pendulum of
A. remains constant length 0.8m at the same place?
B. reduces.
C. increases. A. 8s
D. becomes zero. B. 4s
C. 2√2𝑠
3. The resultant of two forces is D. √2𝑠
50N. If the forces are
perpendicular to each other and 6. A train with an initial velocity of
one of them makes an angle of 20m𝑠−1 is subjected to a uniform
30° with the resultant, find its deceleration of 2𝑚−2. The time
magnitude. required to bring the train to a
complete halt is _____
A. 100.0N
B. 57.7N A. 5s.

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B. 10s. 9. An object is moving with a
C. 20s. velocity of 5m𝑠−1. At what height
D. 40s. must a similar body be situated to
have a potential energy equal in
7. Calculate the apparent weight value with kinetic energy of the
loss of a man weighing 70kg in an moving body?
elevator moving downwards with
an acceleration of 1.5m𝑠−2. A. 25.0m
B. 20.0m.
A. 686N. C. 1.3m.
B. 595N. D. 1.0m.
C. 581N.
D. 1105N 10. If a pump is capable of lifting
[g ≈10m𝑠−2] 5000kg of water through a
vertical height of 60 m in 15 min,
8. A piece of cork floats in a the power of the pump is _____
liquid. What fraction of its volume
will be immersed in the liquid? A. 2.5 x 105J𝑠−1
B. 2.5 x 104J𝑠−1
A. 0.8. C. 3.3 x 103Js−1
B. 0.5. D. 3.3 x 102J𝑠−1
C. 0.2.
D. 0.1. 11. The coefficient of friction
between two perfectly smooth
[Density of the cork = 0.25 x surface is _____
103𝑘𝑔−3, density of the liquid =
1.25 x 103kg𝑚−3] A. infinity.
B. one
C. half.

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D. zero. D. 100.0m
[Density of sea water = 1013k𝑔−3
12. What effort will a machine of one atmosphere = 0.01 x 105
efficiency 90% apply to lift a load N𝑚−2 g=10m𝑠−2]
of 180N if its effort arm is twice
as long as its load arm? 15. What volume of alcohol will
have same mass as 4.2𝑚−3 of
A. 80N petrol?
B. 90N.
C. 100N. A. 0.8𝑚3.
D. 120N. B. 1.4𝑚3.
C. 3.6𝑚3.
13. Calculate the work done when D. 4.9𝑚3.
a force of 20N stretches a spring
by 50mm. 16. Calculate the length which
corresponds to a temperature of
A. 0.5J. 20°C if the used steam points of
B. 1.5J. an ungraduated thermometer are
C. 2.0J. 400 mm apart.
D. 2.5J.
A. 20mm.
14. At what depth below the sea- B. 30mm.
level would one experience a C. 60mm
change of pressure equal to one D. 80mm.
atmosphere?
17. A wire of length 100.0m at
A. 0.1 m. 30°C has linear expansivity of 2 x
B. 1.0m. 10−5𝐾−1. Calculate the length of
C. 10.0m.

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the wire at a temperature of - 20. Foods cook quicker in salt
10°C. water than in pure water because
of the effect of _____
A. 100.08m.
B. 100.04m. A. dissolved substances on the
C. 99.96m boiling point.
D. 99.92m. B. atmospheric pressure on the
boiling point.
18. A gas at a pressure of C. food nutrients on the thermal
105𝑁𝑚−2 expands from 0.6𝑚−3 to energy.
1.2𝑚3 at constant temperature, D. salts on the thermal
the work done is _____ conductivity of water.

A. 7.0 x 106𝐽. 21. Steam from boiling water


B. 6.0 x 106𝐽. causes more damage on the skin
C. 6.0 x 105J. that does boiling water because
D. 6.0 x 104𝐽. _____

19. Two liquids X and Y having A. water has a high specific heat.
the same mass are supplied with B. steam has latent heat of
the same quantity of heat. If the fusion.
temperature rise in X is twice that C. the steam is at higher
of Y, the ratio of specific heat temperature than the water.
capacity of V to that of Y is _____ D. steam brings heat more easily
by convection.
A. 2:1.
B. 1:2. 22. What will happen to the
C. 4:1. boiling point of pure water when it
D. 1:4.

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is heated in a place 30m below 25. A wave travels through
sea level? stretched strings is known as
_____
A. It will be more than 100°C.
B. It will be less than 100°C. A. electromagnetic wave.
C. It will still be at 100°C. B. micro wave.
D. It will be fluctuating. C. mechanical wave.
D. seismic wave.
23. The rise or fall of liquid in a
narrow tube is because of the 26. A transverse wave and a
_____ longitudinal wave travelling in the
same direction in a medium differ
A. viscosity of the liquid. essentially in their _____
B. surface tension of the liquid.
C. friction between the walls of A. frequency.
the tube and the liquid. B. amplitude.
D. osmotic pressure of the liquid. C. direction of vibration of the
particles of the medium
24. The mechanism of heat D. period of vibration of the
transfer from one point to another particles of the medium.
through the vibration of the
molecules of the medium is _____ 27. What is the velocity of sound
at 100°C, if the velocity of sound
A. convection. at 0°C is 340m𝑠−1?
B. conduction
C. radiation A. 497m𝑠−1
D. diffusion B. 440m𝑠−1
C. 397m𝑠−1
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28. If a sonometer has a C. 90°.
fundamental frequency of 450Hz, D. 180°
what is the frequency of the fifth
overtone? 31. From the diagram below,
calculate the incident angle i.
A.2700Hz
B. 456Hz
C.44Hz
D.75Hz

29. A man 1.5m tall is standing


3m in front of a pinhole camera A. 41°.

whose distance between the hole B. 49°.

and the screen is 0.1m. What is C. 55°.

the height of the image of the D. 61°.

man on the screen?


32. Total internal reflection will

A. 0.05m not occur when light travels from

B. 0.15m. _____

C. 0.30m.
D. 1.00m. A. water to air.
B. water into glass.

30. A ray of light passing through C. glass to air.

the centre of curvature of a D. glass into water.

concave mirror is reflected by the


mirror at _____ 33.

A. 0°.
B. 45°.

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A. red → green → blue.
B. green → violet → blue.
C. blue → red → green.
D. blue → green → red.

36. Calculate the force acting on


What does the diagram above
an electron of charge 1.5 x 10−19C
represent?
placed in an electric field of
intensity 105V𝑚−1.
A. telescope in normal use.
B. microscope in normal use.
A. 1.5 x 10−11N
C. telescope in abnormal use.
B. 1.5 x 10−12N
D. microscope in abnormal use.
C. 1.5 x 10−13N
D. 1.5 x 10−14N
34. If the linear magnification of
the objective and eyepiece convex
37. Capacitors are used in the
lenses of a compound microscope
induction coil to _____
are 4 and 7 respectively, calculate
the angular magnification of the
A. control circuits.
microscope.
B. dissipate energy.
C. prevent electric sparks.
A. 2.
D. prevent distortion of electric
B. 3.
fields.
C. 11.
D. 28.
38. A cell of emf 1.5V is
connected in series with a 1Ω
35. The angle of deviation of light
resistor and a current of 0.3A
of various colours passing through
flows through the resistor. Find
a triangular prism increases in the
the internal resistance of the cell.
order _____
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A. 4Ω. B. 8A.
B. 3.0Ω. C. 7A.
C. 1.5Ω. D. 6A.
D. 1.00Ω.
42. When a charge moves
39. Which of the following obeys through an electric circuit in the
ohms law? direction of an electric force, it
_____
A. electrolytes.
B. metals. A. gains both potential and kinetic
C. diode. energy.
D. glass. B. gains potential energy and
kinetic energy.
40. A house has ten 40W and five C. loses potential energy and
100W bulbs. How much will it cost gains kinetic energy.
the owner of the house to keep D. loses both potential and kinetic
them lit for 10 hours if the cost of energy.
a unit is ₦5?
43. To convert a galvanometer to
A. ₦90. voltmeter, a _____
B. ₦50.
C. ₦45 A. high resistance is connected to
D. ₦40. it in series.
B. high resistance is connected to
41. An electric device is rated it in parallel.
2000V, 250V. Calculate the C. low resistance is connected to
maximum current it can take. it in series.
D. low resistance is connected to
A. 9A. it in parallel.

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44. Induced emfs are best 47. In photo-emission, the
explained using _____ number of photoelectrons ejected
per second depends on the
A. Ohm’s law. _____.
B. Faraday’s law.
C. Coulomb’s law. A. frequency of the beam.
D. Lenz’s law. B. work function of the metal.
C. threshold frequency of the
45. If a current of 2.5A flows metal.
through an electrolyte for 3 hours D. intensity of the beam.
and 1.8g of a substance is
deposited, what is the mass of the 48. The particle nature of light is
substance that will be deposited if demonstrated by the _____
a current of 4A flows through it
for 4.8 hours? A. photoelectric effect.
B. speed of light.
A. 2.4g C. colours of light.
B. 3.2g D. diffraction of light.
C. 4.6g.
D. 4.8g. 49. The energy of a photon
having a wavelength of 10−10m is
46. Calculate the energy of the _____
third level of an atom if the
ground state energy is -24eV A. 2.0 x 10−15𝐽
B. 1.7 x 10−13𝐽
A. -9.20eV. C. 2.0 x 10−12𝐽
B. -8.20eV. D. 1.7 x 10−12𝐽
C. -2.75eV. (h= 6.63 x 10−34𝐽𝑠 c= 3.0 x
D. -1.75eV. 108𝑚𝑠−1)

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50. The bond between silicon and
germanium is _____

A. dative.
B. covalent.
C. trivalent.
D. ionic.

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JAMB PHYSICS PAST QUESTIONS (PT.4)

PAPER TYPE: F 4.
I. Electrical potential
1. Which question paper type of II. Torque
physics is given to you? III. Kinetic Energy
IV. Momentum
A. Type F
B. Type E Which of the quantities listed are
C. Type L vectors?
D. Type S
A. II and IV
2. What is the least possible error B. I and II
encountered when taking C. I and III
measurement with a meter rule? D. II and III

A. 0.1mm 5. Which type of motion do the


B. 1.0mm wheels of a moving car undergo?
C. 0.5mm
D. 0.2mm A. Vibratory and translational
motion
3. A quantity which requires B. Random and translational
magnitude and direction to be motion
specified is _____ C. Rotational and oscillatory
motion
A. Temperature D. Translational and rotational
B. Distance motion
C. Displacement
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6. From the diagram below, the A. 25.3kms-1
region of zero acceleration is B. 4.2kms-1
_____ C. 4.0kms-1
D. 11.3kms-1

9. An object of weight 80kg on


earth is taken to a planet where
acceleration due to gravity is one-
third of its value on earth. The
weight of the object on the planet
A. MN is _____
B. NS
C. SP A. 48N
D. PQ B. 12N
C. 27N
7. A car accelerates uniformly D. 36N
from rest at 3ms-2. Its velocity
after traveling a distance of 24m 10. One of the conditions
is _____ necessary for an object to be in
equilibrium when acted upon by a
A. 12ms-1 number of parallel forces is that
B. 144ms-1 the vector sum of the forces is
C. 72ms-1 _____
D. 36ms-1
A. Average
8. Calculate the escape velocity of B. Zero
a satellite launched from the C. Negative
earth's surface if the radius of the D. Positive
earth is 6.4 x 106m

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11. What happens when three B. Mechanical energy
coplanar non-parallel forces are in C. Electrical energy
equilibrium? D. Potential energy

A. Their lines of action are 14. A machine whose efficiency is


parallel. 75% is used to lift a load of
B. They are represented in 1000N. Calculate the effort put in
magnitude only to the machine if it has a Velocity
C. They are represented in ratio of 4.
direction only
D. Their lines of action meet at a A. 343.32N
point B. 233.33N
C. 333.33N
12. An object of mass 20kg is D. 334.33N
released from a height of 10m
above the ground level. The 15. A wheel and an axle is used to
kinetic energy of the object just raise a load whose weight is 800N
before it hits the ground is _____ when an effort of 250N is applied.
If the radii of the wheel and axle
A. 200J are 800mm and 200mm
B. 4000J respectively, the efficiency of the
C. 2000J machine is _____
D. 500J
A. 90%
13. The energy in the nucleus of B. 80%
atoms produce heat which can be C. 85%
used to generate D. 87%

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16. A force of 500N is applied to a A. haul
steel wire of cross-sectional area B. mist
0.2m2, the tensile stress is _____ C. dew
D. fog
A. 2.5x104Nm-2
B. 1.0x102Nm-2 19. What is the equivalent of 20K
C. 1.0x103Nm-2 in Celsius scale?
D. 2.5x103Nm-2
A. 293 °C
17. B. 68 °C
C. 36⁰C
D. 20°C

20. A glass bottle of initial volume


2 x 104cm3 is heated from 20°C to
50°C. If the linear expansively of
glass is 9x10-6K-1, the volume of
From the diagram above, the
the bottle at 50°C is _____
point that represent the elastic
limit is _____
A. 20 016.2cm3
B. 20 005.4cm3
A. Q
C. 20 008.1cm3
B. R
D. 20 013.5cm3
C. S
D. T
21. The equation PaVbTc= constant
reduces to Charles Law if _____
18. The small droplet of water
that forms on the grass in early
A. a=1, b=1and c=0
hours of the morning is _____
B. a=1, b=0 and c=-1

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C. a=0, b=1 and c=1 D. Dew point
D. a=0, b=1 and c=-1
25. Heat transfer by convection in
22. The quantity of heat needed a liquid is due to the _____
to raise the temperature of a
body by 1K is the body's. A. Latent heat of vaporization of
the liquid
A. Heat capacity B. Increased vibration of the
B. Internal energy molecules of the liquid about their
C. Specific heat capacity mean position
D. Latent heat of fusion C. Variation of density of the
liquid
23. The melting point of a D. Expansion of the liquid as it is
substance is equivalent to its heated
_____
26. The distance between two
A. Vapor Pressure successive crests of a wave is
B. solidification Temperature 15cm and the velocity 300ms-1.
C. Liquidification Temperature Calculate the frequency.
D. Solidification Pressures
A. 2.0x102Hz
24. The temperature at which the B. 4.5x103Hz
water vapour present in the air is C. 2.0x103Hz
just sufficient to saturate air is D. 4.5x102Hz
_____
27. A boy receives the echo of his
A. Boiling point clap reflected by a nearby hill
B. Ice point 0.8s later. How far is he from the
C. Saturation point hill?

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A. 528m 29. An object is placed 10m from
B. 66m a pinhole camera of length 25cm.
C. 136m Calculate the linear magnification.
D. 264m
A. 2.5 x 10-2
28. B. 2.5 x 10-1
C. 2.5 x 101
D. 2.5 x 102

30. The focal length of a concave


mirror is 2.0cm. If an object is
placed 8.0cm from it, the image is
at _____

A. 2.7m
B. 2.0m
The diagram above show a C. 2.3m
stationery wave of wavelength 40 D. 2.5m
cm in a closed tube. The length l
is the resonating air column is 31. In a compound microscope,
_____ the objective and the eye piece
focal lengths are _____
A. 10cm
B. 20cm A. Long
C. 30cm B. Short
D. 40cm C. The same
D. At infinity

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32. When a telescope is in normal
use, the final image is at _____

A. The focus
B. The radius of curvature
C. The near point Calculate the effective

D. Infinity capacitance of the circuit above

33. When a negatively charged A. 1uf

rod is brought near the cap of a B. 2uf

charged gold leaf electroscope C. 3uf

which has positive charges, the D. 4uf

leaf _____
36. The maximum power transfer

A. Collapses occurs in a cell when the external

B. Collapses and diverges again resistance is _____

C. Diverges
D. Remains the same A. Twice the internal resistance of
the cell

34. What charge is stored in a B. The same as the internal

0.1F capacitor when a 10V supply resistance of the cell

is connected across it? C. Greater than the internal


resistance of the cell

A. 1C D. Less than the internal

B. 5C resistance of the cell

C. 4C
D. 2C 37. If a metal wire 4m long and
cross-sectional area 0.8 mm2 has

35.

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a resistance of 60Ω, find the 40. What is the best method of
resistivity of the wire demagnetizing a steel bar
magnet?
A. 5.3x10-7 Ωm
B. 3.0x10-5 Ωm A. Hammering
C. 1.2x10-6 Ωm B. Heating it
D. 3.2x10-6 Ωm C. Rough handling it
D. Solenoid method
38. A circuit has a resistance of
200Ω. The resistance of the circuit 41. The magnitude of the angle of
can be reduced to 120Ω when dip at the equator is _____
_____
A. 360°
A. A 300Ω resistor is connected to B. 0°
it in parallel C. 90°
B. An 80Ω resistor is connected to D. 180°
it in series
C. A 150Ω resistor is connected to Use the diagram below to
it in parallel answer question 42 and 43
D. A 240Ω resistor is connected to
it in series

39. PHCN measures its electrical


energy in _____

42. The diagram above is that of


A. W
_____
B. KWh
C. Wh
A. a step- up transformer
D. J
B. a step - down transformer

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C. an auto transformer 46. Calculate the mass of the
D. an oil transformer copper deposited during
electrolysis when a current of 4A
43. The electromotive force in the passes through a copper salt for 2
secondary winding is _____ hours.
A. increasing [ece of Copper z=3.3x10-7kgC-1]
B. reducing
C. Stabilizing A. 2.9 x 105kg
D. Varying B. 9.5 x 10-7kg
C. 9.5 x 10-3kg
44. What type of reaction is D. 2.9 x 10-4kg
represented by the equation 2
1𝑋 +
2
1𝑋 → 3
2𝑌 + 1
0𝑛 + energy? 47. Which gas produces a pink
coloured light in a discharge tube?
A. Ionization
B. Fusion A. Mercury
C. Fission B. Argon
D. Chain C. Air
D. Neon
45. When an atom undergoes a
beta decay, the atomic number of 48. When 210
82Pb decays to
80Pb, it emits _____
206
the nucleus _____

A. Remains unchanged A. two alpha and two beta


B. Decreases by one particles
C. Increases by one B. an alpha particle
D. Becomes zero C. one beta particle
D. one alpha and one beta
particle

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50. Which of the graph below


shows the characteristic of an i-v
transistor?

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JAMB PHYSICS PAST QUESTIONS (PT.5)

1. A piece of rubber 10cm long


stretches 6mm when a load of
100N is hung from it. What is the
strain?

A. 6 X 10-3
B. 6
C. 60
D. 6.0 X 10-3 A. 5 ohms
B. 25 ohms
2. C. 15 ohms
D. 35 ohms

4.

The diagram above shows the


lens arrangement in _____

A. compound microscope
A body of mass 6kg rests on an
B. a binocular
inclined plane. The normal
C. an astronomical
reaction R and the limiting
D. a periscope
frictional force is F as shown in
the diagram (Fig. 2). If F is 30N
3. What is the total resistance in
and g=10ms-2, then the angle of
the below diagram?
inclination Ө is _____

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A. 15° D. a microphone.
B. 60°
C. 45° 8. A good calorimeter should be
D. 30° of _____

5. The speed of light in air is 3.0 x A. low specific heat capacity and
103ms-1. Its speed in glass having low heat conductivity
a refractive index of 1.65 is ____ B. high specific heat capacity and
low heat conductivity
A. 1.82 x 108 ms-1 C. high specific heat capacity and
B. 3.00 x 108 ms-1 low heat conductivity
C. 4.95 x 108 ms-1 D. low specific heat capacity and
D. 1.65 x 108 ms-1 high heat conductivity.

6. Longitudinal waves do not 9. Which of the following is most


exhibit _____ strongly deflected by a magnetic
field?
A. refraction
B. polarization A. β-particles
C. diffraction B. χ-particles
D. reflection C. γ-rays.
D. χ-rays
7. A device that converts sound
energy into electrical energy is 10. If a beaker is filled with
_____ water, it is observed that the
surface of the water is not
A. the horn of a motor car horizontal at the glass-water
B. the telephone earpiece interface. This behaviour is due to
C. a loudspeaker _____

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A. friction path as depicted in the figure 3.
B. surface tension The particle is _____
C. viscosity
D. evaporation A. gamma ray
B. a proton
11. A dynamo primarily conducts C. a neutron
_____ D. an electron

A. potential energy into kinetic 13. In which of the following


energy diagrams is the length of the
B. electrical energy into kinetic length tube equal to one
energy wavelength?
C. mechanical energy into
electrical energy
D. kinetic energy into potential
energy

12. 14. A calibrated potentiometer is


used to measure the e.m.f. of a
cell because the _____

A. internal resistance of a cell is


small compared with that of the
potentiometer
B. potentiometer takes no current
from the cell
C. potentiometer has a linear
A particle is injected
scale
perpendicularly into an electric
field. It travels along a curved
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D. resistance of the potentiometer 18. Which of the following
is less than that of a voltmeter characteristics of a wave is used
in the measurement of the depth
15. Which of the following is a of the sea?
vector?
A. Diffraction
A. Electric charge B. Reflection
B. Electric potential difference C. Refraction
C. Electric field D. Interference
D. Electrical capacitance.
19. Which of the following are
16. The photocell works on the produced after a nuclear fusion
principle of the _____ process?

A. voltaic cell I. One heavy nucleus


B. photographic plate II. Neutrons
C. emission of protons by incident III. Protons
electrons IV. Energy
D. emission of electrons by
incident radiation A. I and II
B. II and III
17. When an atom loses or gains C. I and IV
a charge, it becomes _____ D. II and IV.

A. an ion 20. Two similar kettles containing


B. an electron equal masses of boiling water are
C. a neutron placed on a table. If the surface of
D. a proton one is highly polished and the
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with soot, which of the following A. Green and Yellow
observations is correct? B. Red and violet
C. Red and indigo
A. The two kettles will cool down D. Yellow and violet.
at the same rate
B. The polished kettle cools down 23. Which of the following with
more quickly by conduction respect to a body performing
C. The kettle covered with soot simple harmonic motion are in
cools down more quickly because phase?
it is a good radiator of heat
D. The kettle covered with soot A. Displacement and velocity of
cools down more quickly by the the body
process of heat convection. B. Displacement and force on the
body
21. Total eclipse of the sun occurs C. Velocity and acceleration of the
when the _____ body
D. Force acting on the body and
A. moon is between the sun and the acceleration
the earth
B. sun is between the moon and 24. A uniform metre rule weighing
the earth 0.5.V is to be pivoted on a knife-
C. the earth is between the moon edge at the 30cm-mark. Where
and the sun will a force of 2N be placed from
D. ozone layer is threatened. the pivot to balance the metre
rule?
22. Which of the following pairs of
colours gives the widest A. 95cm
separation in the spectrum of B. 5cm
white light? C. 20cm

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D. 25cm following is true about the
respective content of p, q and R?
25. A solid weighs 10.0N in air,
6.0N when fully immersed in A. Air, alcohol and mercury
water and 7.0N when fully B. alcohol, mercury and alcohol
immersed in a certain liquid X. C. mercury, alcohol and mercury
D. Air, mercury and alcohol
Calculate the relative density of
the liquid. 27. The process of energy
production in the sun is _____
A. 3/4
B. 4/3 A. nuclear fission
C. 5/3 B. nuclear fusion
D. 7/10 C. electron collision
D. radioactivity decay

28. The particle is responsible for


nuclear fusion in a nuclear reactor
is _____

A. electron
B. Photon
C. proton.
D. Neutron

The diagram above shows a


29. If the uncertainty in the
maximum and minimum
measurement of the position of a
thermometer divided into three
particle is 5×10-10m, the _____
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uncertainty in the momentum of 32. The process through which
the particle is _____ free electrons leave the hot
surface of hot metal is known as
A. 1.32 × 10-24 Ns _____
B. 3.30 × 10-44 Ns
C. 1.32 × 10-44 Ns A. photo emission
D. 3.30 × 10-24 Ns B. thermionic emission
[h=6.6 ×10-34J] C. photon emission
D. electron emission
30. The change in volume when
450kg of ice is completely melted 33. The production of pure
is _____ spectrum could easily be achieved
using a _____
A. 0.50m
B. 0.45m3 A. Triangular prism only
C. 4.50m3 B. Triangular prism with two
D. 0.05m3 concave lens
[density of ice =900kgm-3 Density C. Glass prism with a pin
of water=1000 kgm-3] D. Triangular prism with two
convex lens.
31. When impurities are added to
semiconductor, its conductivity 34. A short chain is something
_____ attached to the back of a petrol
tanker to _____
A. decreases
B. increases then decreases A. Conduct excess charges to the
C. decreases earth
D. remains constant B. Ensure the balancing of the
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C. Caution the driver when over mins, the power of the pump is
speeding _____
D. Generate more friction
A. 2.5×105Js-1
35. A perfect emitter or absorber B. 3.3 × 103Js-1
of radiant energy is a _____ C. 2.5 ×104Js-1
D. 3.3 × 102Js-1
A. White body
B. Red body 38. The distance between two
C. Conductor successive crest of a wave is 15
D. Black body cm and the velocity is 300ms-1.
Calculate the frequency.
36.
A. 4.5 × 105 Hz
A. 4.5 × 102 Hz
B. 2.0 × 103 Hz
Six identical cells, each of e.m.f C. 2.0 × 102 Hz
2V are connected as shown
above. The effective e.m.f of the 39. An electric lamp marked
cell is _____ 240V, 60 Watts is left to operate
for an hour. How much energy is
A. 4V generated by the filament?
B. 0V
C. 6V A. 3.86 × 105 J
D. 12V B. 2.16 × 105 J
C. 1.80 × 104 J
37. If a pump is capable of lifting D. 3.56 × 105 J
5000Kg of water through a
vertical height of 60 m in 50

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40. In comparing the camera and
human eye, the film of the
camera functions as the _____

A. Iris
B. Pupil
C. Retina
D. Cornea

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