Which of the following are the correct SI units of the quantities indicated? i.N(Force) II. N/m (Torque) iii. watt(Power) iv. kgms-2(Momentum)
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(D)
i and iii only
2
A lorry travels 10km northwards, 4km eastwards, 6km southwards, 4km westwards to arrive at a point T. What is the total displacement?
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(B)
4km north
3
Two forces whose resultant is 100N, are at right angle to each other. If one of them makes an angle 30o with the resultant, determine its magnitude.
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(D)
86.6N
4
Which of the following quantities are scalars? i. Electrical potential ii. Torque iii. Momentum iv. Kinetic energy
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(D)
i and iv only
5
When taking a penalty kick, a footballer applies a force of 30.0N for a period of 0.05s. if the mass of the ball is 0.075kg, calculate the speed with which the ball moves off.
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(C)
20.00ms-1
6
A particle starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 0.5ms-2. The distance covered by the particle in 10s is?
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(C)
25.0m
7
A 20-toothed gear wheel drives a 60-toothed one. If the angular speed of the smaller wheel is 120 rev s-1, the angular speed of the larger wheel is
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(C)
360 rev s-1
8
How long will it take a 60kg man to climb a height of 22m if he expended energy at a rate of 0.25kW. [g = ms-2]
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(D)
52.8s
9
A force, 10N, drags a mass 10kg on a horizontal table with an acceleration of 0.2ms. If the acceleration due to gravity is 10ms-1, the coefficient of friction between the moving mass and the table is
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(B)
0.08
10
A body whose mass is 2kg and has a volume of 500cm3 just floats when completely immersed in a liquid. Calculate the density of the liquid
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(B)
4.0 x 103kgm-3
11
The product PV where P is pressure and V is volume has the same unit as
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(C)
energy
12
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 10kg of copper by 1k is its
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(B)
heat capacity
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A tap supplies water at 25oC while another supplies water at 75oC. If a man wishes to bathe with water at 40oC, the ratio of the mass of cold water to the mass of hot water required is
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(C)
7 : 3
14
When heat is applied to one end of a metal rod, the molecules at the other end soon begin to vibrate with greater amplitude than before because heat has been transferred by
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(C)
conduction
15
Which of the following media allow the transmission of sound wave through them i. Air. ii. Liquids. iii. Solids.
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(D)
i,ii and iii
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Which of the following properties is/are common to all waves? i. Diffraction ii. Refraction iii. Interference
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(D)
i, ii, and iii
17
A piano wire 0.5m long has a total mass of 0.01kg and is stretched with a tension of 800N. Calculate the frequency of the wire when it sounds its fundamental note
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(A)
200Hz
18
A note is called an octave of another note when
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(A)
its frequency is twice that of the first note
19
Which of the following factors affects the speed of sound in air? i. Temperature ii. pressure iii. Frequency
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(A)
i only
20
The speed of sound in air at sea level is 340ms\(^{-1}\) while that of light is 300 000kms\(^{-1}\). How far (to the nearest meter) from the center of a thunderstorm is an observer who hears a thunder 2s after a lightning flash?
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(D)
680m
21
A slight loading of a tuning fork has the effect of
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(C)
decreasing its frequency
22
Two strings of the same length and under the same tension gives notes of frequencies in the ratio 4 : 1. The masses of the strings are in the corresponding ratio of
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(D)
1 : 16
23
To obtain a magnification of 2.5, how far should an object be placed from the pole of a thin converging lens of focal length 10.20m?
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(C)
0.28m
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An object is placed 10cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15cm. What is the position and nature of the image formed?
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(A)
30cm and virtual
25
Which of the following phenomena explains the formation of a mirage? i. Reflection ii. Refraction iii. Diffraction
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(A)
i and ii only
26
When white light is dispersed by a spectrometer, the component having the shortest wavelength is
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(C)
violet
27
Which of the following statement is TRUE of ultraviolet, visible and infra-red rays?
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(B)
ultra-violet rays have shorter wavelengths than infra-red rays and produce flourescence
28
A spectrum of sunlight is said to be impure when
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(C)
the different colours in it overlap
29
A cell of internal resistance 2 ohms supplies current to a 6 ohms resistor. The efficiency of the cell is
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(D)
75.0%
30
When a resistance R is across a cell, the voltage across the terminals of the cell is reduced to two-third of its normal value. The internal resistance of the cell is
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(B)
\(\frac{1}{2}\)R
31
A household refrigerator is rated 200 watts. If electricity costs 5k per kWh, what is the cost of operating it in 20 days?
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(A)
N4.80
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Which of the following ammeters may be used to measure alternating currents? i. moving-coil ammeter ii. moving-iron ammeter iii. hot-wire ammeter
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(B)
ii and iii only
33
The principle of operation of an induction coil is based on
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(C)
Faraday's law
34
A dynamo primarily combines
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(A)
mechanical energy into electrical energy
35
In a certain fusion reaction, a deuteron (\(^{2}_{1}H\)) interacts with a triton (\(^{3}_{1}He\)) and produces an a-particle (\(^{4}_{2}He\)) and a second product. The second product is
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(C)
a neutron
36
Which of the following symbolic representations is correct for an atom X with 22 electrons and 43 neutrons?
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(D)
\(^{65}_{22}X\)
37
the fig above shows displacement-time graphs for three different motions. which of the following statements is correct?
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(B)
graph 1 corresponds to zero velocity
38
the fig above shows three different ways of hanging a heavy picture from a hook. the tension in the string will be?
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(B)
Greatest in Y
39
When one arm of a U-tube manometer is connected to a gas supply, the levels of mercury in the two arms of the U-tube is shown in the figure above, if the atmospheric pressure is 76.0cm hg, the gas pressure is
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(D)
85.9cm hg
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The fig above shows two waveforms X and Y. If the frequency of X is 30Hz what is the frequency of Y
