Physics Past Questions And Answers
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
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
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
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
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
The resultant force of a couple is ………?
- A. Infinity
- B. Zero
- C. One
- D. Half
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
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
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
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

