JAMB - Physics (2009)

  • 1
    I. Diameter of a small ball bearing.
    II. Thickness of a pieces of paper.
    III. Diameter of a measuring cylinder.
    IV. Length of a piece of wire.
    Which of the above can be measured using a micrometer screw gauge?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    I and II only
  • 2
    What is the acceleration between two points on a velocity time graph which has coordinates
    (10s, 15 ms-1)
    and (20 s, 35 ms-1)?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    2.00 ms-2
  • 3
    A bullet fired vertically upward from a gun held 2.0 m above the ground reaches its maximum height in 4.0s. calculate its initial velocity.


    [g = 10ms-2]
    Відповідь
    (C)
    40 ms-1
  • 4
    I. The motion of the tyres of a moving car.
    II. The motion of a loaded test tube oscillated
    vertically.
    III. The beating of the heart.
    IV. A stone tied to a string and whirled round.
    V. The motion of the pistons in a gasoline engine.
    Which of the motions above is simple harmonic?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    II, III and V only
  • 5
    If a cage containing a truck of coal weighing 750 kg is raised to a height of 90 m in a minute, what is the total power expended?


    [g = 10 ms2]
    Відповідь
    (C)
    11.25 kw
  • 6
    An object of mass 80 kg is pulled on a horizontal rough ground by a force of 500 N. Find the coefficient of static friction.


    [g = 10 ms-2]
    Відповідь
    (D)
    0.6
  • 7
    If a heavy barrel is rolled up a plane inclined at 30° to the horizontal. its velocity ratio will be?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    2.0
  • 8
    I. Density of the liquid.
    II. Acceleration due to gravity.
    III. Type of container of the liquid.
    IV. The constituents of the liquid.
    which of the above conditions will NOT affect the pressure of fluid?
    Відповідь
    (C)
    III and IV only
  • 9
    If a load of mass 10N stretched a cord by 1.2cm, what is the total work done?
    Відповідь
    (A)
    6.0 x 10-2J
  • 10
    A plastic sphere floats in water with 50% of its volume submerged. if it floats in glycerine with 40% of its volume submerged,the density of the glycerine is?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    1250 kgm-3
  • 11
    The thermometer whose reading is indicated by a change in color of its thermometric property is the?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    optical pyrometer
  • 12
    At 4°c, the volume of a fixed mass of water is?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    minimum
  • 13
    An electric heater rated 220v, 1000 w is immersed into a bucket full of water, calculate the mass of water if the temperature changes from 30°c to 100°c and the current flows for 300seconds.

    [specific heat capacity of water = 4200 jkg-1 K-1]
    Відповідь
    (C)
    1.02 kg
  • 14
    If the pressure of the vapor on top of an enclosed liquid is equal to the atmospheric pressure, what will be the temperature of the liquid enclosed?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    boiling point
  • 15
    A heating coil rated 1000 W is used to boil off completely 2 kg of boiling water. The time required to boil  the water is?

    [Special latent heat of Vaporization of water = 2.3 x 10\(^6\) Jkg-1]
    Відповідь
    (D)
    4.6 x 103s
  • 16
    It is observed that water will wet a clean glass because the?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    adhesion of water molecules is stronger than the cohesion of water molecules
  • 17
    A man standing 2 m from a charcoal fire is warmed mainly by?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    radiation
  • 18
    Metal cables are used as telephone wires because?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    the speed of sound in them is very high
  • 19
    Musical instruments playing the same note can be distinguished from one another owing to the differences in their?
    Відповідь
    (A)
    quality
  • 20
    I. Moon.
    II. Sun.
    III.street light.
    IV. stars.
    Which of these are natural sources of light?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    II and IV only
  • 21
    An object is placed 5 cm from the pole of a concave mirror. if the focal length of the mirror is 10 cm. what is the image distance?
    Відповідь
    (C)
    10 cm behind the mirror
  • 22
    Calculate the position of an object placed in front of a convex mirror having focal length of 12 cm such that an image is formed 6 cm away from the mirror
    Відповідь
    (C)
    12.0 cm
  • 23
    If the refractive index of crown glass is 1.51, its critical angle is?
    Відповідь
    (C)
    41.5°
  • 24
    When light passes through two media x and y of refraction indices 1.51 and 1.33 respectively, the speed of light in
    Відповідь
    (D)
    y is higher than in x
  • 25
    The ability of the human eye to focus object on the retina is referred to as the power of?
    Відповідь
    (C)
    accomodation
  • 26
    Which of the following is a secondary colour
    Відповідь
    (B)
    orange
  • 27
    If negative charges are induced on an electroscope and a positively charged rod is brought near the cap of the electroscope, the leaves will?
    Відповідь
    (A)
    close up
  • 28
    An electric lamp marked 240v, 60 W is left to operate for an hour. How much energy is generated by the filament?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    2.16 x 105J
  • 29
    A band of 500 rectangular loops of wire of area 20 cm by 20 cm, encloses a region of magnetic field which charges from 1.0T to 0.4T within 5 seconds, calculate the induced e.m.f.
    Відповідь
    (D)
    2.40 v
  • 30
    Cancerous cells can be destroyed by?
    Відповідь
    (C)
    x - rays
  • 31
    If the decay constant of a radioactive substance is 0.231s-\(^1\), the half-life is?
    Відповідь
    (A)
    3.00 s
  • 32
    A piece of radioactive material contains 10\(^{20}\) atoms.
    If the half life of the material is 20 seconds, the number of disintegration in the first second is?
    Відповідь
    (A)
    3.47 x 1018
  • 33
    Thermionic emission is the process whereby?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    electrons leave a hot element
  • 34
    Which of the following can conduct electricity owing to the presence of free mobile electrons?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    copper
  • 35
    When a pentavalent impurity is added to a pure semiconductor, it becomes?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    an n-type semiconductor
  • 36
    The value of x, y and z respectively in the expression M\(^x\) L\(^y\)T \(^z\) for the universal gravitational constant G are?
    Відповідь
    (B)
    -1, 3, -2
  • 37
    An air craft attempt to fly due north at 100 kmh-1. If the wind blows against it from east to west at 60 kmh-1, its resultant velocity is?
    Відповідь
    (C)
    117 kmh-1, N31oW
  • 38
    A car accelerate uniformly from rest at 4 ms-2. How far will it travel in the fifth complete second?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    18 m
  • 39
    A body of mass 12kg traveling at 4.2ms-1 collides with a second body of mass 18kg at rest. Calculate their common velocity if the two bodies coalesce after collision?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    1.7 ms-1
  • 40
    The terminal velocity of a ball-bearing falling through a viscous fluid is reached when the?
    Відповідь
    (D)
    velocity is uniform
  • 41
    The pressure of two moles of an ideal gas at a temperature of 27oC and volume 10-2m3 is?
    [R = 8.313 J mol-1K-1]
    Відповідь
    (A)
    4.99 x 105 Nm-2
  • 42

    The wave phenomenon demonstrated in the diagram above is?

    Відповідь
    (C)
    diffraction
  • 43

    The diagram above represents the graph of the force F applied in stretching a spiral spring against the corresponding extension (X). The force constant of the spring is?

    Відповідь
    (A)
    20 Nm-1
  • 44
    If a light wave has a wavelength of 500nm in air what is the frequency of the wave?
    [c = 3 x 10\(^8\) ms-1]
    Відповідь
    (B)
    6.0 x 1014 Hz
  • 45

    Calculate the e.m.f of the cell in the above circuit if its internal resistance is negligible

    Відповідь
    (B)
    8 V