JAMB - Physics (2002)

  • 1
    A copper cube weighs 0.25 N in air, 0.17N when completely immersed in paraffin oil and 0.15 N when completely immersed in water.The ratio of upthrust in oil to upthrust in water is
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    4 : 5
  • 2
    A wheel and axle is used to raise a load of 500 N by the application of an effort of 250 N. If the radii of the wheel and the axle are 0.4 cm and 0.1 cm respectively, the efficiency of the machine is
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    (C)
    50 %
  • 3

    The hydrostatic blood pressure difference between the head and the feet of a boy standing straight is 1.65 x 104 Nm-2. Find the height of the boy.

    [ Density of blood = 1.1 x 103 kgm-3, g = 10ms-2]

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    (C)
    1.5 m
  • 4
    A body weighing 80N stands in an elevator that is about to move. The force exerted by floor on the body as the elevator moves upward with an acceleration of 5 ms-2 is
    [g = 10ms-2]
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    (C)
    120 N
  • 5
    If the distance between two suspended masses 10kg each is tripled, the gravitational force of attraction between them is reduced by
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    (D)
    one ninth
  • 6
    Two force each of 10N acts on a body, one towards the north and the other towards the east.
    The magnitude and the direction of the resultant force are
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    (D)
    10√2N, 45°E
  • 7
    A particle in circular motion performs 30 oscillation in 6 seconds. Its angular velocity is
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    (D)
    10π rad s-1
  • 8
    The effect of a particle in a fluid attaining its terminal velocity is that the
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    (B)
    weight is equal to the retarding force
  • 9
    A coin place below a rectangular glass block of thickness 9cm and refractive index 1.5 is viewed vertically above the block. The apparent displacement of the coin is
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    (A)
    3 cm
  • 10
    The radiator of a motor car is cooled by
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    (C)
    convection
  • 11
    I. Temperature.
    II. Density of air molecules
    III. Pressure
    IV. Pitch
    Which of the above will affect the velocity of sound in the air
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    (A)
    I and II only
  • 12
    Which of the following is a characteristics of stationary waves?
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    (A)
    They are formed by two identical waves travelling in opposite directions
  • 13
    To produce an enlarged and erect image with a concave mirror,the object must be positioned
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    (D)
    between the principal focus and the pole
  • 14
    the property that is propagated in a traveling wave is
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    (C)
    energy
  • 15
    Which of the following eye defects can be corrected using a cylindrical lens.
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    (B)
    Astigmatism
  • 16
    The time rate of loss of heat by a body is proportional to the
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    (A)
    difference in temprature between the body and its surroundings
  • 17
    If tension is maintained on a stretched string of length 0.6m, such that its fundamental frequency of 220Hz is excited, determine the velocity of the transverse wave in the string.
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    (B)
    264 ms-1
  • 18
    A concave mirror of radius of curvature 40 cm forms a real image twice as large as the object.
    the object distance is
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    (B)
    30 cm
  • 19
    water is a poor thermometric liquid because it
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    (C)
    wets glass
  • 20
    a ray of light which strikes a glass slab from air at normal incidence passes through the slab
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    (A)
    undeviated and undisplaced at a lower speed
  • 21
    blowing air over a liquid aids evaporation by
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    (B)
    decreasing its vapour pressure
  • 22
    The phenomenon that makes sound persist when its source has been removed is known as
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    (D)
    reverberation
  • 23
    the pressure of 3 moles of an ideal gas at a temperature of 27°C having a volume of 10-3m3 is
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    (D)
    7.47 x 106-2
  • 24
    Vibration in a stretched spring cannot be polarized because they are
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    (C)
    longitudinal waves
  • 25

    The diagram above show s the force-extension curve of a piece of wire. The energy stored when the wire is stretched from E to F is?

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    (D)
    7.5 x 10-1J
  • 26
    The diagram above shows the force (F) acting on an object through a distance (x). The work done on this object is expressed as
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    (B)
    Fx/2 J
  • 27

    Calculate the refractive index of the material for the glass prism in the diagram above

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    (C)
    √2
  • 28
    From the diagram above, determine the value of the resistance X
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    (D)
    15Ω
  • 29
    The energy stored in a capacitor of capacitance 10μF carrying a charge of 100μC
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    (D)
    5 x 10-4 J
  • 30
    When connected to a mains of 250V, the fuse rating in the plug of an electric device of 1 KW is
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    (C)
    4 A
  • 31
    The eye controls the amount of light reaching the retina by adjusting the
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    (B)
    iris
  • 32
    An electric iron is rated 1000W, 230V. What is the resistance of its elements?
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    (B)
    52.9Ω
  • 33
    The electric field between two - point charges is shown in the diagram above. What types of charges are at X and Y?
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    (B)
    Both X and Y are positive
  • 34
    The electromagnetic wave that can produce a heating effect on the environment is
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    (C)
    infrared rays
  • 35
    an electric cell with nominal voltage E has a resistance of 3Ω connected across it. If the voltage falls to 0.6E, the internal resistance of the cell is
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    (B)
  • 36

     \(^{23}_{11}\)Na + X  → \(^{20}_9\)F + \(^4_2\)He

    What particle is X in the reaction above?

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    (C)
    Neurons
  • 37
    Pure silicon can be converted to a p-type by adding a controlled amount of
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    (A)
    trivalent atoms
  • 38
    The energy associated with the photon of a radio transmission at 3 x 105 Hz is
    [h = 6.63 x 10-34Js]
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    (A)
    2.00 x 10-28J
  • 39
    The percentage of the original nuclei of the sample of a radioactive substance left after 5 half - lives is
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    (C)
    3%
  • 40
    From the generating station to each substation power is transmitted at a very high voltage so as to reduce
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    (D)
    heating in the coils
  • 41
    The particle that is responsible for the nuclear fission in a nuclear reactor is
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    (A)
    neutron
  • 42
    A transistor is used in the amplification of signals because it
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    (A)
    controls the flow of current
  • 43
    The carbon-granules microphone works on the principle of change in
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    (B)
    resistance
  • 44
    At what frequency would a capacitor of 2.5μF used in the radio circuit have a reactance of 250Ω
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    (B)
    \(\frac{800}{\pi}\) Hz
  • 45
    A current of 0.5 A flowing 3h Deposits 2g of metal during electrolysis. The quantity of the same metal that would be deposited by the currents of 1.5A flowing in 1h is
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    (A)
    2g