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 1541: Which of the following pairs of colours gives the widest separation in the spectrum of white light? Options:
  A) Red and Violet
  B) Green and Yellow
  C) Red and Indigo
  D) Yellow and Violet
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1542: The length of a side of a metallic cube at 20^oC is 5.0cm. Given that the linear expansivity of the metal is 4.0 x 10^-5k^-1, find the volume of the cube at 120^oC . Options:
  A) 126.50cm³
  B) 126.25cm³
  C) 126.00cm³
  D) 125.00cm³
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1543: The phenomenon of light bending round an obstacle is? Options:
  A) diffraction
  B) refraction
  C) reflection
  D) polarization
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1544:

  

  In fig 6, a ray of light in air strikes a glass plate at an angle of incidence 60 degrees, the reflected ray is observed to be perpendicular to the refracted ray, what is the refractive index of the glass

  Options:
  A) 1.73
  B) 1.50
  C) 0.87
  D) 0.57
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1545:

  

  In the diagram above, a ray of light passes from glass into air, if the angle of incidence in glass is $\alpha$ and angle of refraction in air is $\beta$ which of following statements is true???

  Options:
  A) $\alpha =\beta$
  B) the efractive index of glass is $\frac{sin\theta }{sin\alpha }$
  C) The ray suffers total internal reflection if $\beta$ is greater than the critical angle
  D) the refractive index of glass is $\frac{sin\alpha }{sin\beta }$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1546: If the refractive index of glass is 1.5, what is the critical angle at the air-glass interface? Options:
  A) sin^-1$\frac{1}{2}$
  B) sin^-1$\frac{2}{3}$
  C) sin^-1$\frac{3}{4}$
  D) sin^-1$\frac{8}{9}$
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1547: The relationship between L and the wavelength I of the stationary wave is Options:
  A) 2L = $\lambda$
  B) L = $\lambda$
  C) L = $\frac{\lambda }{3}$
  D) 4L = 3 $\lambda$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1548: All of the following frequencies are overtones of 320 Hz EXCEPT Options:
  A) 960Hz
  B) 640Hz
  C) 520Hz
  D) 1280Hz
  E) 1600Hz
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1549: A bar of initial length /₀ is heated through a temperature change $\mathrm{\Delta }$t to a new length I. The linear expansivity, a, of the bar is Options:
  A) $\frac{/-{/}_o}{/\mathrm{\Delta }t}$
  B) $\frac{/-{/}_o}{{/}_o\mathrm{\Delta }t}$
  C) /_o(1 + $\mathrm{\Delta }$ t)
  D) $\frac{/-{/}_o}{/(1+\mathrm{\Delta }t)}$
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1550: What is the speed of a body vibrating at 50 cyclic per second Options:
  A) 100 πrads${}^{-1}$
  B) 200 πrads${}^{-1}$
  C) 50 πrads${}^{-1}$
  D) 400 πrads${}^{-1}$
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  The correct answer is A .