Physics Past Questions And Answers

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1561

A pinhole camera is placed 300m in front of a building so that the image is formed on a screen 5cm from the the pinhole. If the image is 2.5cm high, the height of the building will be

  • A. 25m
  • B. 50m
  • C. 100m
  • D. 150m
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2012
1562

A student found out from a simple pendulum experiment that 20 oscillations were completed in 38 seconds. What is the period of oscillation of the pendulum?

  • A. 8.0s
  • B. 3.8 s
  • C. 2.0 s
  • D. 1.9 s
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1995 OBJ
1563

A given mass of gas at a temperature of 30°C is trapped in a tube of volume V. Calculate the temperature of the gas when the volume is reduced to two-third of its original value by applying a pressure twice the original value.

  • A. 71°C
  • B. 40°C
  • C. 131°C
  • D. 313°C
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1992 OBJ
1564

Which of the following are true about the infra-red radiation? i. it is invisible ii. it is called heat ray iii. its frequency is higher than that of blue light iv. it travels as a transverse wave

  • A. i, ii, iii and iv
  • B. i, ii, iv only
  • C. i, iii, iv only
  • D. ii, iii, iv only
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1998
1565

A temperature scale has a lower fixed point of 40mm and a upper fixed point of 200mm. What is the reading on this scale when a thermometer reads 60oC?

  • A. 33.3mm
  • B. 36.0mm
  • C. 96.0mm
  • D. 136.0mm
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1995
1566

The resultant force of a couple is ………?

  • A. Infinity
  • B. Zero
  • C. One
  • D. Half
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2015
1567

Mr. F. Abioye observed his image through a plane mirror, kept at a distance 4.7m away from him in his room. At what distance is the image found from Abioye's eye?

  • A. 9.4m
  • B. 7.5m
  • C. 5.7m
  • D. 6.9m
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2015
1568

Ripple in a power supply unit is caused by

  • A. using an alternating current source
  • B. forward voltage drop
  • C. heavy load
  • D. using a zener diode
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2019
1569

Which of the following statements about the universal gravitational constant, G, is true?

  • A. It is fundamental quantity.
  • B. It has dimension M-1L3T-2
  • C. Its S.I. unit is N m2kg
  • D. It is a vector quantity
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2021 OBJ
1570

An object is projected for the hieght of 80 m above the ground with a velocity of 40ms-1 at the angle of 30° to the horizontal. The time of flight

  • A. 8 s
  • B. 4 s
  • C. 16 s
  • D. 10 s
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2005