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 561:

  Rainbow formation is as a result of the combination of which of the following phenomena?
  (i) Reflection
  (ii) Dispersion
  (iii) Total internal reflection
  (iv) Refraction

  Options:
  A) (ii) and (iv) only
  B) (i), (iii) and (iv) only
  C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
  D) (i), (ii) and (iv) only
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 562: In the calibration of an ammeter using faraday's laws of electrolysis, the ammeter reading is kept constant at 1.2A. If 0.990g of copper is deposited in 40 minutes , the correction to be applied to the ammeter is Options:
  A) 0.03A
  B) 0.04A
  C) 0.05A
  D) 0.06A
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 563: A ball is thrown vertically into the air with an initial velocity u. What is the greatest height reached? Options:
  A) u2g
  B) $\frac{3u^2}{2g}$
  C) $\frac{u^2}{g}$
  D) $\frac{u^2}{2g}$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 564:

  A bridge made of steel is 600m long. What is the daily variation in its length if the night-time and daytime temperatures are 10^oC and 35^oC respectively. The linear expansivity of steel is 0.000012C^-1

  Options:
  A) 0.18cm
  B) 1.80cm
  C) 18.00cm
  D) 1800cm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 565:

  Calculate the mass of ice that would melt when 2kg of copper is quickly transferred from boiling water to a block of ice without heat loss (specific heat capacity of copper = 400Jkg${}^1$k${}^{-1}$, latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.3 x 10${}^5$Jkg${}^{-1}$)

  Options:
  A) $\frac{8}{33}$kg
  B) $\frac{3.3}{80}$kg
  C) $\frac{80}{33}$kg
  D) $\frac{3.3}{8}$kg
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 566:

  In a resonance tube experiment, a tube of fixedlength in closed at one end and several turningforks of increasing frequency used to obtainresonance at the open end. If the turning fork withthe lowest frequency which gave resonance had a frequency ƒ₁ and the next turning fork to giveresonance had a frequency ƒ₂, find the ratio ƒ₂/ ƒ₁.

  Options:
  A) 2
  B) 3
  C) 1/2
  D) 8
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 567: Particles of mass 10^-2kg is fixed to the tip of a fan blade which rotates with angular velocity of 100rad^-1. If the radius of the blade is 0.2m, the centripetal force is Options:
  A) 2 N
  B) 20 N
  C) 200 N
  D) 400 N
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 568: A gas at a volume of V₀ in a container at pressure P₀ is compressed to one-fifth of its volume. What will be its pressure if the magnitude of its original temperature T is constant? Options:
  A) P₀/5
  B) 4P₀/5
  C) P₀
  D) 5P₀
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 569: Which of the following correctly explain(s) why a green leaf appears green in bright day light? i. it absorbs only the green component of sunlight. ii. it absorbs all colour of sunlight except green. iii. it reflects only the green component of sunlight. Options:
  A) i only
  B) ii only
  C) i and iii only
  D) ii and iii only
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 570:

  

  In the a.c circuit above, the current value is

  Options:
  A) 0.58 A
  B) 3.00 A
  C) 4.00 A
  D) 6.67 A
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  The correct answer is C .