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 1641: Which of the following statements is NOT correct? Options:
  A) The average range of distinct vision for a normal eye is from the far distance (infinity) up to about 25cm in front of the eye
  B) Longsighted people have difficulty in making the eye lense sufficiently powerful to focus on nearby objects
  C) Shortsighted people cannot accommodate distant objects
  D) Longsighted people need diverging spectacle lenses
  E) A person with long sight has his eye-ball too short and the image of an object is therefore formed behind the retina
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1642: A circuit has an area of 0.4m² and consists of 50 loops of wire. If the loops are twisted and allowed to rotate at a constant angular velocity of 10 rad s^-1 in a uniform magnetic field of 0.4T, the amplitude of the induced voltage is Options:
  A) 8V
  B) 16V
  C) 20V
  D) 80V
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1643: The force of repulsion between two point positive charges 5$\mu$C and 8$\mu$C separated at a distance of 0.02 map art is. [$\frac{1}{4\pi {\epsilon }_o}$ = 9 x 10⁹Nm²C^-2] Options:
  A) 1.8 x 10^-10N
  B) 9.0 x 10^-8N
  C) 9.0 x 10²N
  D) 4.5 x 10³N
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1644:

  A lead bullet of mass 0.05 kg is fired with a velocity of 200 ms into a lead block of mass 0.95 kg. Given that the lead block can move freely. the final kinetic energy after impact is

  Options:
  A) 100J
  B) 150J
  C) 50J
  D) 200J
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1645: A 20kg mass is to be pulled up a slope inclined at 30^o to the horizontal. If the efficiency of the plane is 75%, the force required to pull the load up the plane is [g = 10ms^-2] Options:
  A) 13.3N
  B) 73.5N
  C) 133.3N
  D) 53.2N
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1646:

  If a source of solid is moving, a stationary listener will hear a sound of different frequency. This is called?

  Options:
  A) doppler effect
  B) resonance
  C) ultra sound
  D) rarefaction
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1647: Light of frequency 6.0 x 10¹⁴ Hz travelling in air is transmitted through glass or refractive index 1.5. Calculate the frequency of the light in the glass Options:
  A) 4.0 x 10¹⁴Hz
  B) 6.0 x 10¹⁴Hz
  C) 7.5 x 10¹⁴Hz
  D) 9.0 x 10¹⁴Hz
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1648: At a fixed point below a liquid surface, the pressure downwards is P₁ and pressure upwards is P₂. It can be deduced that Options:
  A) P₁ > P₂
  B) P₁ ≥ P₂
  C) P₁< P₂
  D) P₁ = P₂
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1649: A ball is moving at 18ms^-1 in a direction inclined at 60^o to the horizontal. The horizontal component to its velocity is Options:
  A) 9√3ms^-1 ·
  B) 6√3ms^-1 ·
  C) 8√3ms^-1 ·
  D) 9ms^-1 ·
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1650:

  A lead bullet of mass 0.05kg is fired with a velocity of 200ms${}^{-1}$ into a block of mass 0.95kg. Given that the lead block can move freely, the final kinetic energy after impact is?

  Options:
  A) 50J
  B) 100J
  C) 150J
  D) 200J
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  The correct answer is A .