Jamb 1994 Physics Past Questions And Answers
If the Nigeria flag (green, white, green) is viewed in pure yellow light, which of the following set of colours would be observed on the flag?
- A. Green, yellow, green
- B. Red, yellow, red
- C. black, yellow, black
- D. Green, white, green
A spring of length 25cm is extended to 30cm by a load of 150N attached to one of its end, what is the energy stored in the spring?
- A. 3750J
- B. 2500J
- C. 3.75J
- D. 2.50J
Which of the following has the lowest internal resistance when new?
- A. leclanche cell
- B. Daniel cell
- C. Accumulator
- D. Torch battery
If two parallel conductors carry currents flowing in the same direction, the conducts will
- A. attract each other
- B. repel each other
- C. both move in the same direction
- D. have no effect on each other
An object of mass 50kg is released from a height of 2m.Find the kinetic energy just before it strikes the ground
- A. 250J
- B. 1000J
- C. 10 000J
- D. 100 000J
When a biro pen rubbed on a dry silk cloth is moved very close to a piece of paper on a dry table, the pen is found to pick up the paper. This is because
- A. both the pen and the cloth are magnetized
- B. the pen is magnetized but the cloth is not
- C. the pen is charged while the cloth is magnetized
- D. both the pen and the cloth are charged
A boat travels due east at a speed 40ms-1s across a river flow due south at 30ms-1s. What is the resultant speed of the boat?
- A. 1.3ms-1
- B. 10.0ms-1
- C. 50.0ms-1
- D. 70.0ms-1
Two capacitors R1 = 4Ω and R2 = 5Ω are connected in parallel across a potential difference. If P1 and P2 represent power dissipated in R 1 and R2 respectively, then the ratio P1 : P2 is
- A. 4 : 5
- B. 5 : 4
- C. 16 : 25
- D. 25 : 16
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
In the curve below, PQRST represents an alternating voltage of frequency 50Hz. The time interval between points P and R on the graph is

- A. 25s
- B. 1/50s
- C. 1/100s
- D. 1/200s

