JAMB - Physics (2005)

  • 1
    Marching soldiers crossing a suspension bridge are usually advised to break their steps to avoid damaging the bridge owing to
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    (B)
    resonance
  • 2
    The sharpness of the boundary of the shadow of an object is determined by the
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    (A)
    intensity of light striking the object
  • 3
    A thin converging lens has a power of 4.0 diopters determined its focal length.
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    (D)
    0.25m
  • 4
    A real image three times the size of an object is formed 24cm from a converging mirror. what is the focal length of the mirror.
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    (B)
    6cm
  • 5
    The pair of physical quantities consisting of vectors only are
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    (C)
    displacement and torque
  • 6
    In an ideal wheel an axle system, R stand for the radius of the wheel and r is the radius of the axle. the mechanical advantage is
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    (D)
    R/r
  • 7
    An object is projected from a height of 80 m above the ground with a velocity of 40ms-1 at an angle of 30° to the horizontal. The time of flight [ g ≈ 10m/s\(^2\)
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    (B)
    4 s
  • 8
    In an a.c circuit that contains only a capacitor, the voltage lags behind the current by
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    (B)
    90°
  • 9
    the time it will take a certain radioactive material with a half-life of 50 days to reduce to 1/32of its original number is
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    (A)
    250days
  • 10

    A proton moving with a speed of 1.0 x 10\(^6\)ms\(^{-1}\) through a magnetic field of 1.0T experiences a magnetic force of magnitude 8.0 x 10\(^{-14}\) N. The angle between the proton's velocity and the field is 

    [1.6 x 10\(^{-19}\)C]

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    (C)
    30°
  • 11
    When impurities are added to semi-conductors, the conductivity of the semi-conductor
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    (B)
    increases
  • 12
    A silicon material is dopped with an element of a certain group and an n-type semi-conductor is formed. the most likely group of the element is
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    (A)
    V
  • 13
    The charge carriers in gasses are
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    (B)
    electrons and ions
  • 14
    The ray which causes gas molecules to glow is known as
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    (A)
    cathode ray
  • 15
    A transformer is rated 240v. If the primary coil is 4000 turns and the secondary voltage 12v, determine the number of turns in the secondary coil.
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    (A)
    200
  • 16
    The current in a reverse-biased junction is due to?
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    (A)
    minority carriers
  • 17
    which of the following materials is a conductor?
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    (C)
    Sodium
  • 18
    When the temperature difference between the wet and dry bulbs of a hygrometer is high, this indicates that
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    (D)
    the relative humidity is low
  • 19
    A 3m3 volume of liquid W of density 200kgm3 is mixed with another liquid L of volume 7m3 and density 150kgm-3. the density of mixture is?
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    (A)
    165kgm-3
  • 20
    A body of mass 36kg falls through a viscous liquid which offers a drag force of 260N on the body. The upthrust on the body at terminal velocity is?
    [g = 10ms\(^2\)]
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    (A)
    100N
  • 21
    The process whereby the molecules of different substances move randomly is called?
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    (D)
    diffusion
  • 22
    I. reproducibility

    II. Sensibility

    III. High thermal capacity

    iv. High accuracy

    The quantities of a good thermometer include?
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    (A)
    I, II and IV only
  • 23
    The process whereby a liquid turns spontaneously into vapour is called?
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    (D)
    evaporation
  • 24
    I. Melting

    II. Boiling

    III. Refraction

    IV. Conduction

    Which combination of the above is evident of the molecular nature of matter?
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    (B)
    I ,II and IV only
  • 25
    When very hot water is poured into two identical thin and thick glass tumblers in equal volumes, the thick one cracks because?
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    (D)
    of the uneven expansion of glass
  • 26
    Satellite communication network makes use of?
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    (C)
    radio wave
  • 27
    An electric device is rated 2000 W, 250 v. The correct fuse rating of the device is?
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    (B)
    8 A
  • 28
    The north pole of a magnet can never be separated from the south pole because of the property knowledge as?
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    (C)
    magnetic dipole
  • 29
    A car battery rated 45 A H is charged with a charger whose rating is 2.5A.How long will it take to charge the battery full?
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    (B)
    18 hrs
  • 30
    The electric field intensity in a place where a charge of 10-10c experiences a force of 0.4N is?
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    (D)
    4.0 x 109 NC-1
  • 31
    Two charged particles are projected into a region where there is a magnetic field perpendicular to their velocities. if the charges are deflected in opposite directions, which of the following statements is true of the charge?
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    (A)
    the charge must be of opposite sign
  • 32
    The resistance of a piece of wire of length 20m has crossed-sectional area 8 x 10\(^{-6}\)m\(^2\)is?
    [Resistivity of the wire = 4 x 10\(^{-7}\) Ω m]
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    (D)
    1.0 Ω
  • 33

    The figure above shows a plot of angles of deviation through a glass prism when light is incident at θ degrees on the prism. The incident angle that produces the minimum deviation is

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    (D)
    25o
  • 34
    The value of F in the figure above when in equilibrium is
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    (C)
    20N
  • 35
    In the figure above, the coefficient of static friction is 0.5. If the tension in the string is T, the acceleration of the system in motion is
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    (A)
    5 ms-2
  • 36
    If the system above is in equilibrium, the tension in the string Q is
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    (B)
    9N
  • 37
    In the figure above, the work done by the force of 100N inclined at an angle of 60o to the object dragged horizontally to a distance of 8m is
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    (D)
    400J
  • 38
    In the circuit diagram of a transistor above, the terminal P, Q and R represent
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    (A)
    EMITTER, BASE and COLLECTOR
  • 39
    \( ^{235} _{92}U + ^1 _0n → ^{144} _{56}Ba + ^{90} _{36}Kr +2X \)

    In the reaction above, X is
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    (D)
    neutron
  • 40
    Two liquids L1 and L2 are contained in a U - tube. The height and the density of L1 are 8 cm and 103 kgm-3 respectively. If the density of L2 is 800 kgm-3, its height measured from the same level is
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    (B)
    10 cm
  • 41
    106J of heat is required to boil off completely 2kg of a certain liquid. Neglecting heat lost to the surroundings, the latent heat of vaporization of the liquid is
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    (D)
    5.0 x 105J kg-1
  • 42
    The figure above shows three capacitors, 2μF, 3μF and 6μF connected in series. If the p.d across the system is 12V, the p.d, across the 6μF capacitor is
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    (C)
    2V
  • 43
    If the distance between two point charges its increased by a factor of four, the magnitude of the electrostatic force between them will be
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    (B)
    1/16 of its former value
  • 44
    The velocity of sound in air will be doubled if it's absolute temperature is
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    (A)
    Quadrupled
  • 45
    A force of 200N acts between two objects at a certain distance apart. The value of the force when the distance is halved is
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    (D)
    800N