Physics Past Questions And Answers
The fig below shows two similar bulbs X and Y connected to suitable power supply with F as an appropriate fuse rating, if the filament of X breaks then the

- A. Brightness Of Y will reduce
- B. Brightness Of Y will remain constant
- C. Brightness Of Y will increase
- D. fuse F will blow
(a) State the conditions for the equilibrium of a rigid body acted upon by parallel forces
(b)(i) Describe an experiment, using the principle of moments, to determine the mass of a metre rule
(ii) State two precautions necessary to ensure accurate results.
(c) A bullet of mass 120g is fired horizontally into a fixed wooden block with a speed of 20ms\(^{-1}\). The bullet is brought to rest in the block in 0.1s by a constant resistance. Calculate the:
(i) magnitude of the resistance;
(ii) distance moved by the bullet in the wood.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 THEORYThe battery connection that permits current to flow across a p-n junction is called?
- A) reverse baised
- B) forward baised
- C) amplification.
- D) rectification
The near point of a patient's eye is 50.0 cm. What power (in diopters) must a corrective lens have to enable the eye to see clearly an object 25.0 cm away?
- A. 2 diopters
- B. 2.5 diopters
- C. 0.5 diopters
- D. 3 diopters
The velocities of light in air and glass are 3.0 x 10^8ms−1 and 2.0 x 10^8ms−1 respectively. If the angle of refraction is 30º, the sine of the angle of incidence is?
- A. 0.33
- B. 0.50
- C. 0.67
- D. 0.75
Which of the following is a type of incandescent light source?
- A. Fluorescent lamp
- B. LED lamp
- C. Tungsten filament lamp
- D. Neon lamp
A piece of brass of mass 170kg has its temperature raised from 0oC to 30oC. Calculate its increase in volume, given the density of brass at 0oC as 8.5 x 103kgm3 and its cubic expansivity as 5.7 x 10-1k1
- A. 3.4 x 10-5m3
- B. 4.3 x 10-5m3
- C. 3.4 x 10-5m3
- D. 3.4 x 10-3m3
The linear expansivity of brass is 2 x 10-5C-1. If the volume of a piece of brass is 15.00cm3 at 00C, What is the volume at 100oC?
- A. 16.03cm3
- B. 16.00cm3
- C. 15.09cm3
- D. 15cm3
Write down the name of:
(a) two particles used in explaining the wave nature of matter;
(b) one device whose invention is based on the wave nature of matter.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 THEORYA metallic bar 50 cm long has a uniform cross-sectional area of 4.0 cm\(^2\). If a tensile force of 35 kN produces an extension of 0.25 mm, calculate the value of Young's modulus
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