Physics Past Questions And Answers
A submarine is observed to rise from a real depth off 80 m to 60 m in water. calculate the change in apparent depth.
[Refraction index of water 4/3]
- A) 45 m
- B) 80 m
- C) 15 m
- D) 60 m
Which of the following sources of energy is/are exhausible? i. Solar ii. Fossil fuels iii. Tidal power
- A. i, ii and iii
- B. i and ii only
- C. i and iii only
- D. ii and iii only
An object is placed 10cm from a converging lens of foal length 15cm. Calculate the magnification of the image formed
- A. 3.0
- B. 1.5
- C. 0.6
- D. 0.3
Which of the following values on the absolute scale of temperature is the ice point?
- A. 0K
- B. 32K
- C. 100K
- D. 273k
The slope of the straight line displacement-time graph indicates?
- A. distance traveled
- B. uniform velocity
- C. uniform acceleration
- D. uniform speed
The saturated vapour pressure of a liquid increases as the
- A. volume of the liquid increases
- B. volume of the liquid decreases
- C. temperature of the liquid increases
- D. temperature of the liquid decreases
The radiator of a motor car is cooled by
- A. radiation
- B. conduction
- C. convection
- D. radiation and conduction
The diagram below represents the graph of the force F applied in stretching a spiral spring against the corresponding extension (X). The force constant of the spring is

- A) 20 N/m
- B) 40 N/m
- C) 30 N/m
- D) 10 N/m
A piano wire 50 cm long has a total mass of 10 g and its stretched with a tension of 800 N. Find the frequency of the wire when it sounds its third overtone note.
- A. 800 Hz
- B. 600 Hz
- C. 400 Hz
- D. 200 Hz
The crackling noise produced by aluminum roofing sheets on a house during a hot sunny day is a result of
- A. thermal equilibrium of the sheets
- B. conduction of heat by the sheets
- C. contraction of the sheets
- D. expansion of the sheets

