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: 200g of water at 90^oC is mixed with 100g of water at 30^oC. What is the final temperature? Options:
  A) 50^oC
  B) 60^oC
  C) 70^oC
  D) 80^oC
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: The relative densities of zinc, brass, copper, gold and silver are respectively 7.1, 8.5, 8.9, 19.3, 10.5. A metal ornament which weighs 0.425kg and can displace 50 x 10^-6m³m of water is made of Options:
  A) zinc
  B) brass
  C) copper
  D) gold
  E) silver
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  The temperature gradient across a copper rod of thickness 0.02m, maintained at two temperature junctions of 20º and 80ºC respectively is?

  Options:
  A) 3.0 x 10${}^2$km${}^{-1}$
  B) 3.0 x 10${}^3$km${}^{-1}$
  C) 5.0 x 10${}^3$km${}^{-1}$
  D) 3.0 x 10${}^4$km${}^{-1}$
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4: A rod of length 10cm is heated through 100^oC and its final length is 10.26cm. What is the co-efficient of linear expansion of the rod? Options:
  A) 0.026 per degree centigrade
  B) 0.00026 per degree centigrade
  C) 0.26 per degree centigrade
  D) 1.0026 per degree centigrade
  E) 0.0026 per degree centigrade
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

  A cell whose internal resistance is 0.55$\mathrm{\Omega }$ delivers a current of 4 A to an external resistor. The lost voltage of the cell is?

  Options:
  A) 4.00 V
  B) 2.20 V
  C) 0.15 V
  D) 8.00 V
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6:

  

  The graph in the fig above describes the motion of a particle. the acceleration of the particle during the motion is

  Options:
  A) 0.00ms^-2
  B) 0.25ms^-2
  C) 4.00ms^-2
  D) 8.00ms^-2
  E) 10.00ms^-2
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7: A certain radioisotope of ${}_{92}^{235}U$ emits four alpha particles and three beta particles. The mass number and the atomic number of the resulting elements respectively are Options:
  A) 219 and 87
  B) 84 and 223
  C) 223 and 87
  D) 219 and 81
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 8: The instrument to measure the relative density of light is Options:
  A) thermometer
  B) hydrometer
  C) spring balance
  D) beaker
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  

  The diagram above shows the prism arrangement in a

  Options:
  A) binocular
  B) spectrometer
  C) periscope
  D) projector
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10: An element X of an atomic number 88 and mass number 226 decays to form an element Z by emitting two beta particles and an alpha particle. Z is represented by Options:
  A) ${}_{82}^{222}Z$
  B) ${}_{88}^{222}Z$
  C) ${}_{86}^{226}Z$
  D) ${}_{80}^{226}Z$
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  The correct answer is B .