Physics Past Questions And Answers
Under which of the following conditions is workdone
- A. A man supports a heavy food above his head with his hands
- B. A boy climbs onto a table
- C. A man pushes unto a table
- D. A woman holds a pot of water
Counting of currency notes with moist fingers is based on the principles of?
- A) diffusion
- B) cohesion
- C) adhesion
- D) viscosity
A fixed mass of gas of volume 600cm3 at a temperature of 27oC is cooled at constant pressure to a temperature of 0oC. What is the change in volume?
- A. 54cm2
- B. 273cm2
- C. 300cm2
- D. 546cm2
In a photocell, light energy is converted to
- A. Electrical energy
- B. Chemical energy
- C. Heat energy
- D. Mechanical energy
At what distance from a simple microscope must an object be placed so that the image 5 times the size of the object is produced 20cm from the lens?
- A. 2cm
- B. 3.3cm
- C. 4cm
- D. 5cm
Heat transfer by convection in a liquid is due to the
- A. Latent heat of vaporization of the liquid
- B. Increased vibration of the molecules of the liquid about theit mean position
- C. Variation of density of the liquid
- D. Expansion of the liquid as it is heated
A car battery rated 45 A H is charged with a charger whose rating is 2.5A.How long will it take to charge the battery full?
- A. 10 hrs
- B. 18 hrs
- C. 20 hrs
- D. 25 hrs
The amount of energy required to change a kilogram of ice block into water without a change in temperature is?
- A. specific latent heat of fusion of ice
- B. specific heat capacity of rice
- C. heat capacity of rice
- D. specific heat of vaporization of rice
Explain the following terms:
(a) tensile stress;
(b)Young’s modulus
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORYTo produce a parallel beam of light from a concave mirror, the distance at a which the lamp should be placed from the mirror is equal to
- A. the focal length
- B. two times the focal length
- C. the distance of the image
- D. two times the radius of curvature

