Physics Past Questions And Answers

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851

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
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1995
852

Counting of currency notes with moist fingers is based on the principles of?

  • A) diffusion
  • B) cohesion
  • C) adhesion
  • D) viscosity
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2008
853

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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 OBJ
854

In a photocell, light energy is converted to

  • A. Electrical energy
  • B. Chemical energy
  • C. Heat energy
  • D. Mechanical energy
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 OBJ
855

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
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 OBJ
856

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
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2014
857

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
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2005
858

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
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
859

Explain the following terms:

(a) tensile stress;

(b)Young’s modulus

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORY
860

To 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
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1994