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 11: In a resonance tube experiment, the effective length of the air column for the first resonance is 20cm when set into vibration by a tuning fork of frequency 480Hz. Neglecting and effect, the velocity of sound in air is Options:
  A) 96ms^-1
  B) 255ms^-1
  C) 340ms^-1
  D) 384ms^-1
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 12: The primary winding of a transformer has 400 turns and its secondary has 100 turns. If a source of e.m.f. of 12V is applied to the primary, the secondary e.m.f. will be Options:
  A) 3V
  B) 6V
  C) 24V
  D) 48V
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 13: Which of the following units is equivalent to kgms^-1? Options:
  A) Ns^-1
  B) Nms^-1
  C) Ns
  D) Js^-1
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 14:

  A narrow beam of white light can be split up into different colours by a glass prism. The correct explanation is that

  Options:
  A) white light Is an electromagnetic wave
  B) the prism has all the colours of the white light
  C) different colours of white light travel with different speeds in glass
  D) white light has undergone total Internal reflection in the prism
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 15: When a biro pen rubbed on a dry silk cloth is moved very close to a piece of paper on a dry table, the pen is found to pick up the paper. This is because Options:
  A) both the pen and the cloth are magnetized
  B) the pen is magnetized but the cloth is not
  C) the pen is charged while the cloth is magnetized
  D) both the pen and the cloth are charged
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 16: A trough 12.0cm deep is filled with water of refractive index $\frac{4}{3}$. By how much would a coin at the bottom of the trough appear to be displaced when viewed vertically from above the water surface? Options:
  A) 3.0cm
  B) 6.0cm
  C) 9.0cm
  D) 16.0cm
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 17: All the heat generated in a 5$\mathrm{\Omega }$ resistor by 2A flowing for 30 seconds is used to evaporate 5g of a liquid at its boiling point. Which of the following is the correct value of the specific latent heat of the liquid? Options:
  A) 120J
  B) 60Jg^-1
  C) 120Jg^-1
  D) 1500J
  E) 1500Jg^-1
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 18:

  If the frequency of an emitted x-ray is 1.6 x 10¹⁶Hz, the accelerating potential is?

  [e = 1.6 x 10^-19C, h = 6.63 x 10^-34Js]

  Options:
  A) 6630.0V
  B) 663.0V
  C) 66.3V
  D) 6.6V
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 19: An object of weight 80kg on earth is taken to a planet where acceleration due to gravity is one-third of its value on earth. The weight of the object on the planet is Options:
  A) 48N
  B) 12N
  C) 27N
  D) 36N
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 20: what is likely to happen if the glass of a thermometer expands more upon heating than the liquid inside? Options:
  A) the glass will break
  B) the glass will shrink
  C) the liquid will rise up in the stem
  D) the liquid will go down in the stem
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  The correct answer is D .