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 71:

  A rectangular solid black has length 10cm, breadth 5cm and height 2cm. If it lies on a horizontal surface, and has density 100kg/m${}^3$, calculate the pressure it exerts on the surface.

  Options:
  A) 200 N/m${}^2$
  B) 100 N/m${}^2$
  C) 400 N/m${}^2$
  D) 300 N/m${}^2$
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 72: Which of the following conditions will make water boil at a temperature of 100^oC when the atmospheric pressure is 750mmHg? Options:
  A) increase the external pressure
  B) reduce the external pressure
  C) heat more rapidly at the same pressure
  D) reduce the external pressure by a quarter
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 73: Determine the distance between the consecutive antinodes XX if the wavelength is 66cm Options:
  A) 15cm
  B) 30cm
  C) 60cm
  D) 120cm
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 74: If the load at the end of a sonometer wire is immersed in a bucket of water, the original fundamental frequency of the wire could be restored by Options:
  A) decrease the length of the wire
  B) increasing the length of the wire
  C) increasing the mass per unit length of the wire
  D) changing the temperature of the wire
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 75: Which of the following phenomena explains the formation of a mirage? i. Reflection ii. Refraction iii. Diffraction Options:
  A) i and ii only
  B) ii and iii only
  C) i and iii only
  D) i, ii, and iii only
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 76: In a nuclear fusion experiment, the loss of mass amounts to 1.0 x 10^-6kg. The amount of energy obtained from the fusion is Options:
  A) 3.0 x 10^-4J
  B) 3.0 x 10^-1J
  C) 9.0 x 10⁴J
  D) 9.0 x 10¹⁰J
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 77:

  An incident ray XY makes an angle of 15${}^{\circ }$ with a fixed line AY which is normal to surface of a plane mirror if the mirrow is turned as indicated by the arrow through ${40}^{\circ }$, what angle will the reflected ray make with AY?

  Options:
  A) ${25}^{\circ }$
  B) ${40}^{\circ }$
  C) ${15}^{\circ }$
  D) ${55}^{\circ }$
  E) ${95}^{\circ }$
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 78:

  

  The diagram above represents balls in an undulating surface. Which of the following option represents positions of stable equilibrium?

  Options:
  A) III, IV and VIII
  B) II, V and VIII
  C) III, VI and IX
  D) I, IV and VII
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 79: Which of the following statements are true of the law of universal gravitation? Options:
  A) any two bodies attract each other with a force which is proportional to the difference of their masses
  B) any two bodies attract each other with a force which is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
  C) any two bodies attract each other with a force which is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
  D) any two bodies attract each other with a force which is proportional to the square of the distance between them
  E) any two bodies attract each other with a force which is proportional to the sum of their masses
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 80: An empty 60 litre petrol tank has a mass of 10kg. Its mass when full of fuel of relative density 0.72 is Options:
  A) 7.2kg
  B) 33.2kg
  C) 43.2kg
  D) 53.2kg
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  The correct answer is D .