Physics Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Physics is the science that studies the nature and properties of matter and energy. It covers topics like motion, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.

• Question 1:

  The motion of a body is simple harmonic if the?

  Options:
  A) acceleration is always directed towards a fixed point
  B) path of motion is a straight line
  C) acceleration is proportional to the square of the distance from a fixed point
  D) acceleration is constant and directed towards a fixed point
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2: Which of the following factors affects the speed of sound in air? i. Temperature ii. pressure iii. Frequency Options:
  A) i only
  B) ii only
  C) i and ii only
  D) ii and iii only
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3: A boy on looking into a mirror observed that his face appeared to have grown bigger. The boy must have been looking at a Options:
  A) convex mirror with his face at the focus
  B) concave mirror with his face between the focus and the mirror
  C) concave mirror with his face at the focus
  D) convex mirror with his face between the focus and the mirror
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  During the transformation of matter from the solid to the liquid state, the heat supplied does not produce a temperature increase because

  Options:
  A) the heat energy is quickly conducted away
  B) the heat capacity has become very large as the substance melts
  C) the heat gained is equal to the heat lost by the substance
  D) all the heat is used to break the bonds holding the molecules of the solid together
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5: The energy stored in an inductor of inductance 5mH when a current of 6A flows through it is Options:
  A) 9.0 x 10^-3J
  B) 9.0 x 10^-2J
  C) 1.4 x 10^-2J
  D) 1.8 x 10^-3J
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: If the fundamental frequency of a closed pipe organ on a day when the speed of sound is 340ms^-1 is 170Hz, then the length of the pipe is Options:
  A) 50cm
  B) 70cm
  C) 100cm
  D) 150cm
  E) 200cm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7: 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 Options:
  A) 200Hz
  B) 100Hz
  C) 4Hz
  D) 2Hz
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: 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 Options:
  A) 2.0 x 10⁶J kg^-1
  B) 5.0 x 10⁶J kg^-1
  C) 2.0 x 10⁵J kg^-1
  D) 5.0 x 10⁵J kg^-1
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: Which of the following devices are used to measure pressure? i. Aneroid barometer. ii. hydrometer. iii. hygrometer. iv. manometer. Options:
  A) i and iii
  B) ii and iii
  C) iii and iv
  D) i and iv
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10:

  Natural radioactivity consists of the emission of

  Options:
  A) α- particles and β-rays
  B) α- particles and X-rays
  C) α- particles, β - rays and g-rays
  D) γ- rays and X-rays
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  The correct answer is C .