JAMB - Physics (1980)

  • 1
    Which of the following statements are true of the law of universal gravitation?
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    (C)
    any two bodies attract each other with a force which is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
  • 2
    Which of the following is true of an electrical charge?
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    (D)
    all of the above
  • 3
    Which of the following statements are true in the structure of atoms?
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    (B)
    the num,ber of protons equals the number of electrons
  • 4
    Which of the following are true of atom?
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    (D)
    all of the above
  • 5
    A magnet is similar to a bipolar charged system in that
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    (E)
    A and C only
  • 6
    In the study of physics, temperature and heat are often confused with each other. Which of the following statements correctly defines these two element?
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    (D)
    all of the above
  • 7
    A given quantity of heat increases the temperature of 150grams of water from 9oC to 15oC and increases the temperature of oil of 100grams from 9oC to 25oC. The ratio of the specific heat of oil to that of water is
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    (C)
    0.56
  • 8
    Which of the following physical quantities is NOT a vector?
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    (B)
    work
  • 9
    The motion of the moving skin of a talking drum can rightly be described as
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    (D)
    oscillatory
  • 10
    which of the following does NOT cause a reduction of the surface tension of water?
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    (E)
    grease
  • 11
    The water at the bottom of a waterfall is slightly warmer than that at the top because part of the
    Válasz
    (C)
    kinetic energy is changed intyo internal energy
  • 12
    a pressure cooker saves both time and fuel in cooking because inside the cooker, the
    Válasz
    (A)
    boiling point of water is raised
  • 13
    Which of the following statements is NOT true of the image in a plane mirror? The image is
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    (D)
    magnified
  • 14
    Any line or section through an advancing wave in which all the particles are in the same phase is called the
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    (E)
    wave front
  • 15
    The name given to the characteristics behavior of substances which set their length perpendicular to a strong magnetic field instead of in line with it is
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    (C)
    diamagnetism
  • 16
    Which of the following statements on the use of X-rays is incorrect? X-rays are used
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    (C)
    in detecting fingerprints
  • 17
    What is the relative permitivity of a capacitor if its capacitance with a medium as dielectric is 16 farads and its capacitance with vacuum as dielectric is 2 farads?
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    (D)
    8
  • 18
    If the magnification of a virtual image formed of an object 10cm from a convex lens is 3, then the focal length of the lens is
    Válasz
    (B)
    15cm
  • 19
    A quantity of sungas at -133 occupies 1/3m3 under pressure 1.4 x 105 Nm-2. if the gas occupies 31 m-2 at 37oC, its pressure will be
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    (B)
    3.3 x104Nm-2
  • 20
    A stand-by generator is connected to fifteen 40 W lamps and musician's 600 W amplifying system. How much energy is used if the generator runs for 6 hours?
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    (B)
    7.20k Wh
  • 21
    A tugboat is travelling from Asaba to Onitsha across the River Niger with a resultant velocity of 20 knots. If the river flows at 12 knots, the direction of motion of the boat relative to the direction of water flow is?
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    (B)
    53.13o
  • 22
    A milliameter of resistance 5\(\Omega\) and full scale deflection of 50m A is to used to measure a potential difference of 50 V. The resistance of the multiplier should be
    Válasz
    (D)
    995\(\Omega\)
  • 23
    An object of mass m and volume v, is totally immersed in a liquid of density p. The tension of a string holding it is
    Válasz
    (C)
    (m - pv)g
  • 24
    The relative densities of zinc, brass, copper, gold and silver are respectively 7.1, 8.5, 8.9, 19.3, 10.5. A metal ornament which weighs 0.425kg and can displace 50 x 10-6m3m of water is made of
    Válasz
    (B)
    brass
  • 25
    Heat is supplied to a block of ice 0o until half of it has melted. Which of the following statements is true?
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    (B)
    the temperature remains constant and the volume of ice decreases
  • 26
    If the volume of a fixed mass of a gas is kept constant, the pressure of the gas
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    (D)
    is directly proportional to its absolute temperature
  • 27
    Which of the following statements about sound is NOT true?
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    (C)
    sound travels through a vacuum
  • 28
    In a compound microscope
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    (B)
    the objective lens have a shorter focal length than the eyepiece which is convex
  • 29
    In sunlight, a blue flower looks blue because we see the flower by the light it
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    (E)
    reflects
  • 30
    High Tension(H.T.) transmission means
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    (E)
    trasmission of power at low current and high voltage
  • 31
    The best material for the core of the primary and secondary coils of an induction coil is
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    (D)
    soft iron, because it becomes magnetic but easily loses its magnetism
  • 32
    Which of the following radiations cannot be deflected by a magnetic field?
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    (C)
    \(\gamma\)
  • 33
    Which of the following elements is the best absorber of X-rays?
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    (E)
    lead
  • 34
    a calorimeter of thermal capacity 80j contains 20g of water at 25oC. Water at 100oC is added so that the final temperature of the set-ups is 50oC. The amount of water added is (Heat capacity of water = 4.18J/g/oC)
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    (A)
    20g
  • 35
    the ratio of the linear expansivity of copper to that of iron is approximately 1.5. A specimen of iron and a specimen of copper expands by the same amount per unit rise in temperature. The ratio of their length is
    Válasz
    (E)
    0.67
  • 36
    A man stands one-third of the way between two walls and claps his hands, He hears two distinct echoes 1s apart. If the speed of sound is 330ms-1 the distance between the wall is
    Válasz
    (E)
    495m
  • 37
    A cell has an open circuit voltage V1 and a closed circuit voltage V2 when a current is flowing through it. Therefore, the internal resistance of the cell is
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    (D)
    \(\frac{(V_1 - V_2)}{I}\)
  • 38
    According to Ohm's law, the ratio V/I is constant for
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    (D)
    silver
  • 39
    In the process of electrification by induction, the amount of induced charge in relation to the inducing charge is the
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    (E)
    opposite in sign but equal
  • 40
    The activity of a radioactive substance depends on
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    (E)
    none of the above
  • 41
    Natural radioactivity consists of the emission of
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    (D)
    \( \alpha \)-particle, \( \beta \) rays and \( \gamma \)-rays
  • 42

    What is the total resistance in the above diagram?

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    (C)
    25 ohms
  • 43

    The total capacitance of the circuit above is?

    Válasz
    (E)
    1.50mF
  • 44
    The Diagram above shows the prism arrangement in a
    Válasz
    (D)
    periscope
  • 45
    What is the acceleration of a particle whose motion is graphically displayed in the diagram above
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    (A)
    0.67ms-2