JAMB - Physics (1994)

  • 1
    If it takes 5.0 hrs to drain a container of 540.0cm3 of water, what is the flow rate of water from the container in kg-1? [Density of water = 1000kgm-3]
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    30.0kg-1 s
  • 2
    A boat travels due east at a speed 40ms-1s across a river flow due south at 30ms-1s. What is the resultant speed of the boat?
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    50.0ms-1
  • 3
    An object is projected with a velocity of 80ms-1 at an angle of 30o to the horizontal.The maximum height reached is
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    80m
  • 4
    A motor vehicle is brought to rest from a speed of 15ms-1 in 20 seconds. Calculate the retardation.
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    0.75ms-1
  • 5
    Which of the following is TRUE of a particle moving in a horizontal circle with constant angular velocity?
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    both energy and linear momentum are constant
  • 6
    An object of mass 50kg is released from a height of 2m.Find the kinetic energy just before it strikes the ground
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    1000J
  • 7
    A cone in an unstable equilibrium has its potential energy
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    increased
  • 8
    Calculate the magnitude of the force required to just move a 20kg object along a horizontal surface if the coefficient of friction is 0.2. [g = 10ms-2]
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    40.0N
  • 9
    Calculate the velocity ratio of a screw jack of pitch 0.3cm if the length of the tommy bar is 21cm
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    140\(\pi\)
  • 10
    A force of 15N stretches a spring to a total length of 30cm. An additional force of 10N stretches the spring 5cm further. Find the natural length of the spring
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    22.5cm
  • 11
    Which of these statements are TRUE of pressure in liquids? i. pressure acts equally in all direction. ii. pressure decreases with depth. iii. pressure at the same level of a liquid is the same. iv pressure is dependent on the cross-sectional area of the barometer tube
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    i, iii only
  • 12
    The mass of a specific gravity bottle is 15.2g when it is empty. it is 24.8g when filled with kerosene and 27.2g when filled with distilled water. Calculate the relative density of kerosene
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    0.80
  • 13
    If a solid X floats in liquids P of relative density 2.0 and in liquid Q of relative density 1.5, it can be inferred that the
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    weight of P displaced is greater than that of Q
  • 14
    The melting point of naphthalene is 78oC. What is this temperature in kelvin
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    351k
  • 15
    A Motor Tyre is inflated to pressure of 2.0 x 105Nm-2 when the temperature of air is 27oC. What will be the pressure in it at 87oC assuming that the volume of the Tyre does not change?
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    2.4 x 105Nm-2
  • 16
    When 100g of liquids L1 at 78°C was mixed with Xg of liquid L2 at 50°C, the final temperature was 66°C. Given that the specific heat capacity of L2is half that of L1, find x
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    150g
  • 17
    Heat is supplied to a test tube containing 100g of ice at its melting point. The ice melts completely in 1 min.What is the power rating of the source of heat? [Latent heat of fusion of ice = 336Jg-1]
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    560W
  • 18
    If a room is saturated with water vapour, the temperature of the room must be
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    below or at the dew point
  • 19
    Two similar kettles containing equal masses of boiling water are placed on a table. If the surface of one is highly polished and the surface of the other is covered with soot, Which of the following observations is correct
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    the kettle covered with soot cools down more quickly because it is a good radiator
  • 20
    The equation of transverse wave traveling along a string is given by Y = 0.3 sin(0.5x - 50t) where Y and X are in cm and t is in seconds.Find the maximum displacement of the particles from the equilibrium position
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    0.3cm
  • 21
    The sound from a source travelled to the bottom of the sea and the echo was heard 4s later. If the speed of sound in sea water is 1500ms-1 the depth of the sea is
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    3000m
  • 22
    The fundamental frequency of vibration of a sonometer wire may be halved by
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    doubling the length of the wire
  • 23
    A pipe of length 45cm is closed at the end. Calculate the fundamental frequency of the sound wave generated in the pipe if the velocity of sound in air is 360ms-1 [Neglect end correction]
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    200.0Hz
  • 24
    The note produced by a stretched string has a fundamental frequency of 400Hz. If the length of the string is doubled while the tension in the string is increased by a factor of 4, the frequency is
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    400Hz
  • 25
    To produce a parallel beam of light from a concave mirror, the distance at a which the lamp should be placed from the mirror is equal to
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    the focal length
  • 26
    Light of frequency 6.0 x 10\(^{14}\) Hz travelling in air is transmitted through glass or refractive index 1.5. Calculate the frequency of the light in the glass
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    6.0 x 1014Hz
  • 27
    An object is placed in front of a converging lens of a focal length 20cm. The image is virtual and has a magnification of 2. What is the distance of the object from the lens?
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    10cm
  • 28
    An object is placed directly below a glass block of thickness 3.0cm. Calculate the lateral displacement of the object if the refractive index of the glass is 1.5.
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    1.0cm
  • 29
    In a projection lantern of focal length f, the object distance u, is such that
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    f < u < 2f
  • 30
    If the Nigeria flag (green, white, green) is viewed in pure yellow light, which of the following set of colours would be observed on the flag?
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    Green, yellow, green
  • 31
    Which of the following has the lowest internal resistance when new?
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    Accumulator
  • 32
    When a biro pen rubbed on a dry silk cloth is moved very close to a piece of paper on a dry table, the pen is found to pick up the paper. This is because
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    both the pen and the cloth are charged
  • 33
    A capacitor 8\(\mu\)F is charged to a potential difference of 100V. The energy stored by the capacitor is
    Përgjigju
    (D)
    4.0 x 10-2J
  • 34
    Two capacitors R1 = 4\(\Omega\) and R2 = 5\(\Omega\) are connected in parallel across a potential difference. If P1 and P2 represent power dissipated in R 1 and R2 respectively, then the ratio P1 : P2 is
    Përgjigju
    (B)
    5 : 4
  • 35
    Which of the following are found in the receiver but not in the microphone of a telephone handset? i. Diaphragm. ii. soft iron pole pieces. iii. permanent magnet. iv.carbon blocks
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    ii and iii
  • 36
    If two parallel conductors carry currents flowing in the same direction, the conducts will
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    attract each other
  • 37
    A certain radioisotope of \(^{235}_{92}U\) emits four alpha particles and three beta particles. The mass number and the atomic number of the resulting elements respectively are
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    219 and 87
  • 38
    If light with photon energy 2eV is incident suitably on the surface of a metal with work function 3eV, then
    Përgjigju
    (A)
    no electron will be emitted
  • 39
    A spring of length 25cm is extended to 30cm by a load of 150N attached to one of its end, what is the energy stored in the spring?
    Përgjigju
    (C)
    3.75J
  • 40

    What is the reading of the vernier calipers shown above

    Përgjigju
    (C)
    1.39cm