JAMB - Physics (2024)

  • 1
    The stress experienced by a wire of diameter \(\frac{\text{y}}{\pi}\)m loaded by a weight y\(^2\)N is
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    4\(\pi\)Nm\(^{-2}\)
  • 2
    Under which conditions is work done
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    A boy climbs onto a table
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    The mechanical advantage of the machine shown above 

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    30.0
  • 4
    Rainbow is formed when sunlight undergoes 
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    dispersion
  • 5
    Find the value of a capacitor with voltage 5V and 30C.
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    6f
  • 6
    When a bus is accelerating, it must be 
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    changing its velocity
  • 7
    The friction due to air mass can be reduced by 
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    streaming
  • 8
    Which of the following operates based on magnetic effect of electric current?
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    Dynamo
  • 9
    When a charged ebonite rod is brought near a charged glass rod, there will be 
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    attraction
  • 10
    Pilots uses aneroid barometer to know the height above sea level because 
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    Small and convenient
  • 11
    A light ray passing from air into water at an angle of 30º from the normal in air would 
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    make an angle less than 30\(^0\) from the normal in water
  • 12
    A solid cube of aluminum is 1.5cm on each edge. The density of aluminum is 2700kgm\(^{-1}\). Find the mass of the cube.
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    9.1g
  • 13

    The value of R required to make the galvanometer measure voltage up to 40V in the diagram above 

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    (B)
    1990\(\Omega\)
  • 14
    5 X 10\(^{-3}\)kg of liquid at its boiling point is evaporated in 20s by the heat generated by a resistor of 2\(\Omega\) when a current of 10A is used. The specific latent heat of vaporization of the liquid is 
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    8.0 x 10\(^5\)Jkg\(^{-1}\)
  • 15
    If the S.V.P of water vapour was 13.5mmHg at 33ºC and 7.3mmHg at 7ºC. Find the percentage relative of the air on a day when average air temperature was 33ºC and dew point was 7ºC.
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    54%
  • 16
    Electrolysis can be investigated using 
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    (D)
    Voltameter
  • 17
    A wheelbarrow inclined at 60º to the horizontal is pushed with a force of 150N. What is the horizontal component of the applied force
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    (B)
    75N
  • 18
    In a solar panel, solar beam is concentrated by using 
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    (A)
    Concave mirror
  • 19
    A rectifier is a device that changes 
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    A.C to D.C
  • 20
    The dimension of young's modulus,E is given by 
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    ML\(^{-1}\)T\(^{-2}\)
  • 21
    The moon's acceleration due to gravity is \(\frac{1}{6}\) of the earth's value. The weight of a bowling ball on the moon would be
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    \(\frac{1}{6}\) of its weight on the earth
  • 22
    If a sheet of an insulating material is inserted between the plates of an air capacitor, the capacitance will
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    increase
  • 23
    288KJ is conducted across two opposite faces of a 3m cube of temperature gradient 90ºCm\(^{-1}\) in 7200s. Calculate the thermal conductivity.
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    (A)
    4.9 x 10\(^{-2}\)Wm\(^{-1}\)k\(^{-1}\)
  • 24
    A sonometer's fundamental note is 50Hz, what is the new frequency when the tension is four times the original?
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    100Hz
  • 25
    Which of the following is not a part of model rocket?
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    Not recovery devices
  • 26
    A thick glass tumbler cracks when boiling water is poured into it because
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    The inside expands more rapidly than the outside
  • 27
    How much joules of heat are given out when a piece of iron, of mass 60g and specific heat capacity 460JKg\(^{-1}\)K\(^{-1}\), cools from 75ºC to 35ºC
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    1104J
  • 28
    The energy of light of frequency 2.0 x 10\(^{15}\)Hz is  (h = 6.63 x 10\(^{-34}\)Js)
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    1.33 x 10\(^{-18}\)J
  • 29
    A mass of gas at 40mmHg is heated from 298k to 348k at constant volume. Cal the pressure exerted by the gas.
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    46.71mmHg
  • 30
    The distance between two successive crests of a water wave is 0.25m. If a particle on the surface of the water makes four complete vertical oscillations in one second. Calculate the speed of the wave.
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    (D)
    1ms\(^{-1}\)
  • 31
    The thermometer whose thermometric property is change in volume with temperature is 
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    (D)
    Liquid-in-glass thermometer
  • 32
    In a series resonant circuit, the current flowing in the circuit is 
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    (A)
    maximum
  • 33
    If a body in linear motion changes from point P to Q, the motion is 
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    (A)
    Translational
  • 34
    Which of these gas laws is equivalent to workdone
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    (C)
    Boyle's law
  • 35
    The process of adding impurities to a semiconductor material to increase its conductivity is 
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    (C)
    Doping
  • 36
    A load of 300N is to be lifted by a machine with a velocity ratio of 2 and an efficiency of 60%. What effort will be applied to lift the load?
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    (C)
    250N
  • 37
    The average translational kinetic energy of gas molecules depends on 
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    (A)
    Temperature only
  • 38
    The fourth overtone of a closed pipes is 900Hz, its fundamental frequency is 
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    (B)
    100Hz
  • 39
    A cell of internal resistance of 2\(\Omega\) supplies current through a resistor, X if the efficiency of the cell is 75%, find the value of X.
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    (C)
    6\(\Omega\)
  • 40
    In voltage measurement, the potentiometer is preferred to voltmeter because it
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    consumes negligible current
  • 41
    Which of the following is the best as shaving mirror?
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    (A)
    Concave mirror
  • 42
    A refrigerator uses 150W. If it is kept on for 336 hours non-stop, what is the energy consumed in KWh?
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    50.40KWh
  • 43
    What is the inductance reactance of a coil of 7H when connected to a 50Hz a.c circuit?
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    (A)
    2200\(\Omega\)
  • 44
    If a charge ion goes through a combined electric field E and magnetic field B, the resultant emergent velocity of the ion is 
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    (A)
    \(\frac{E}{B}\)
  • 45
    In electrolysis, when same quantity of electricity is passed through different electrolytes, mass of substances deposited is proportional to 
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    (B)
    Chemical equivalent
  • 46
    If the rate of evaporation is y, and the rate of condensation is x, then, a vapour is saturated when 
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    x = y
  • 47
    The degree of precision of a vernier caliper is 
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    (B)
    0.01cm
  • 48
    According to kinetic theory of gases, the pressure exerted by the gas on the wall is equal
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    (B)
    rate of change of momentum imparted by the walls per second per unit area
  • 49
    The property by which a material returns to its original shape after the removal of force is called 
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    (A)
    Elasticity
  • 50
    The energy in a moving car is an example of 
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    Kinetic energy
  • 51
    A hydrometer of mass y kg and volume 2y x 10\(^{-5}\)m\(^3\) floats in a fluid with 20% of its volume above the fluid, what is the density of the fluid?
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    6.25 x 10\(^4\)kgm\(^{-3}\)
  • 52
    Convert 60ºC to degree Fahrenheit
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    140.00\(^0\)F
  • 53
    What is the least possible error encountered when taking measurement with a metre rule?
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    (B)
    0.5mm
  • 54
    At absolute zero temperature, the average velocity of the molecules 
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    Is zero
  • 55
    Calculate the quantity of heat for copper rod whose thermal capacity is 400Jk\(^{-1}\) for a temperature change of 60ºC to  80ºC
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    (D)
    8KJ
  • 56
    When a cell of e.m.f 3.06V is connected, the balance of a potentiometer is 75cm, Calculate the new balance of a cell of e.m.f  2.295V
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    (A)
    56.26cm
  • 57
    A body is whirled in a horizontal circle at the rate of 800 revolutions per minute. Determine the angular velocity
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    26.7\(\pi\)rads\(^{-1}\)
  • 58
    If the velocity ratio of a machine is 4, what does it mean?
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    (B)
    Distance moved by effort is 4 times greater than the distance moved by load.
  • 59
    Which of the following materials has a very large energy gap band?
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    Insulator
  • 60
    A red shirt under a red light appears pale because red
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    absorbs other colours and reflects red
  • 61
    An electron falls from an energy level of -5.44eV to another energy level, E. If the emitted photon is of wavelength 5.68 x 10\(^{-6}\)m, calculate the energy change. [ Plank's constant = 6.63 x 10\(^{-34}\)Js, emitted radiation speed = 3.0 x 10\(^8\)ms\(^{-1}\)]
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    3.49 x 10\(^{-20}\)J
  • 62

    Using the diagram above, the effective force pushing it forward at an angle 60º is 

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    25.00N
  • 63
    The gravitational force between two objects is 10N, what is the new value of the force if the distance between them is halved? 
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    40N
  • 64
    An ideal transformer has
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    No flux leakage
  • 65
    Calculate the depth of a swimming pool if the apparent depth is 10cm. ( Refractive index of water = 1.33 )
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    13.3cm
  • 66
    What will be the weight of a man of mass 60kg standing in a lift if the lift is descending vertically at 3ms\(^2\)?
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    420N
  • 67
    The gravitational force between two objects  masses 10\(^{24}\)kg and 10\(^{27}\)kg is 6.67N. Calculate the distance between them [ G = 6.6 x 10\(^{-11}\)Nm\(^2\)kg\(^{-2}\) ]
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    (A)
    1.0 x 10\(^{20}\)m
  • 68
    The tangential force acting on an object that opposes it from sliding freely on the adjacent surface is called
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    (B)
    Friction force
  • 69
    Two tuning forks of frequencies 6Hz and 4Hz respectively are sounded together. The beat frequency is 
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    (A)
    2Hz
  • 70
    The capacitance of a capacitor, C, is inversely proportional to
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    (C)
    distance between plate
  • 71

    The value of R in the above circuit to make the galvanometer measure 2A is 

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    0.256\(\Omega\)
  • 72
    An object is placed 25cm in front of a convex mirror has its image formed 5cm behind the mirror. what is the focal length of the convex mirror
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    (B)
    6.25cm
  • 73
    In a Hare's apparatus, the height of water and a liquid X are 0.3m and 0.5m respectively. The relative density of x is?
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    (B)
    0.6
  • 74
    The quantity of heat required to melt ice of 0.2 kg whose specific latent heat is 3.4 x 10\(^5\)J/Kg is
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    (A)
    6.8 x 10\(^4\)J
  • 75

    I  It wets glass

    II It needs to be coloured

    III It has a low density

    Water is not suitable for use as a thermometric liquid because

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    I, II, and III only
  • 76
    The power of a convex lens of focal length 20cm is 
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    (C)
    5.00D
  • 77
    The charge of magnitude 1.6 x 10 \(^{-19}\)C is placed in a uniform electric field of intensity 1200Vm\(^{-1}\). Calculate its acceleration, if the mass of the charge is 9.1 x 10\(^{-31}\)kg
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    2.11 x 10\(^{14}\)ms\(^{-2}\)
  • 78
    Calculate the power of an object which moves through a distance of 500cm in 1s on a frictionless surface by a horizontal force of 50N
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    (D)
    250W
  • 79
    The defect of the eye lens which occurs when the ciliary muscles are weak is 
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    Presbyopia
  • 80

    The energy stored in the above capacitor is 

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    2.25J
  • 81
    An effort of 40N is applied on a machine to lift a mass of 60kg. Determine the mechanical advantage of the machine [ g = 10ms\(^2\) ]
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    15
  • 82
    The land and sea breeze is attributed to 
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    convection
  • 83
    A practical application of total internal reflection is found in 
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    (D)
    fiber optics
  • 84
    Calculate the magnetic force on an electron in a magnetic field of flux density 10T, with a velocity of 3 x 10\(^7\)m/s at 60º to the magnetic field (e = 1.6 x 10\(^{-19}\)C)
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    4.16 x 10\(^{-11}\)N
  • 85
    Calculate the upthrust on a spherical ball of volume 4.2 x 10\(^{-4}\)m\(^{3}\) when totally immersed in a liquid of density 1028kgm\(^{-3}\)
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    4.3N
  • 86
    At a pressure of 10\(^5\)Nm\(^{-2}\), a gas has a volume of 20m\(^3\). Calculate the volume at 4 x 10\(^5\)Nm\(^{-2}\) at constant temperature.
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    5m\(^3\)
  • 87
    A particular household utilizes three electrical appliances for six hours daily if the appliances are rated 80W, 100W, and 120W respectively. Calculate the electrical bills paid monthly if an average month is 31 days. [1kwh = #24.08k]
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    ₦ 1343.66k
  • 88
    A body is pulled on a horizontal surface with a rope inclined at 30º to the vertical. If the effective force pulling the body along the horizontal surface is 15N, calculate the tension on the rope.
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    30N
  • 89
    Newton's law of cooling is valid only for a 
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    small temperature range
  • 90
    When thermal energy in a solid is increased, the change in state is called 
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    (A)
    melting
  • 91

    I clear  II sharp  III poor IV dark

    Which of the above happens when the hole of a pinhole camera is diminished?

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    II only
  • 92
    A blacksmith heated a metal whose cubic expansivity  is 3.9 x 10\(^{-6}\)K\(^{-1}\). Calculate the area expansivity.
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    (B)
    2.6 x 10\(^{-6}\)K\(^{-1}\).
  • 93
    The unit of impedance is 
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    (A)
    \(\Omega\)
  • 94
    If the displacement of a car is proportional to the square of time, then the car is moving with 
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    (A)
    Uniform acceleration
  • 95

    The equivalent capacitance of the capacitors in the circuit above

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    (A)
    \(\frac{5}{2}\)C
  • 96

    Using the diagram above, calculate the relative density of x, if the density of methanol is 800kgm\(^{-3}\)

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    (B)
    0.5
  • 97
    The force of attraction between molecules of the same substance is 
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    (A)
    cohesion
  • 98
    If the pressure on an enclosed gas is doubled and its temperature rises from 27ºC to 127ºC, then its volume will 
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    (D)
    decrease by \(\frac{1}{3^{rd}}\)
  • 99
    The simple form of the lead acid accumulator often has a negative pole of 
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    (D)
    lead plate
  • 100
    A monochromatic light is one that 
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    (C)
    has one wavelength
  • 101
    Bifocal lens is used to correct the eye defect of 
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    (D)
    presbyopia
  • 102
    A force of 10N extends a spring of natural length 1m by 0.02m, calculate the length of the spring when the applied force is 40N.
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    (C)
    1.08m
  • 103
    Infra-red thermometers work by detecting the 
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    (A)
    radiation from the body and converting it to temperature
  • 104
    The efficiency of a cell with internal resistance of 2\(\Omega\) supply current to a 6\(\Omega\) resistor is 
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    (D)
    75%
  • 105
    Which of the following measuring instruments operates based on the heating effect of electric current?
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    (B)
    hot wire ammeter
  • 106
    What is the colour of red rose under a blue light?
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    (D)
    Black
  • 107
    Calculate the value of electric field intensity due to a charge of 4μC if the force due to the charge is 8N
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    (A)
    2.0 x 10\(^6\)NC\(^{-1}\)
  • 108
    An accumulator is 90% efficient. If it gives out 2700J of energy while discharging, how much energy does it take in?
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    (B)
    3000J
  • 109
    Two capacitors of 0.0003μF and 0.0006μF are connected in series, find their combined capacitance.
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    (B)
    0.0002μF
  • 110
    Two points on a velocity-time graph have coordinates (2s, 5m/s) and (4s, 15m/s). Calculate the mean acceleration
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    (A)
    5.0ms\(^2\)
  • 111
    An air force jet flying with a speed of 335m/s went past an anti-aircraft gun. How far is the aircraft 5s later when the gun was fired?
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    (B)
    1675m
  • 112

    In the diagram above, the galvanometer is converted to 

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    (B)
    Ammeter
  • 113
    The diaphragm in the camera is similar to what part of the eyes?
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    (D)
    Iris
  • 114
    The device for measuring the angle of dip is 
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    (A)
    Dip circle
  • 115
    The velocity ratio of an inclined plane at 60º to the horizontal is 
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    (B)
    1.155
  • 116
    The bursting of water pipes during very cold weather, when the water in the pipes form ice could be attributed to 
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    (B)
    expansion of water on freezing
  • 117
    One of these is not the use of an electroscope
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    (B)
    measuring ionization current in air
  • 118
    As per Faraday's laws of electromagnetic induction, an e.m.f is induced in a conductor whenever 
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    (D)
    cuts magnetic flux
  • 119
    Photometer is used to measure
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    (B)
    Intensity of light
  • 120

    Using the circuit above, at resonance 

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    (D)
    V\(_L\) = V\(_C\)