Physics Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Physics is the science that studies the nature and properties of matter and energy. It covers topics like motion, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.

• Question 1201: Body floats in fluid when its ………………… Options:
  A) Displaces its own volume of the liquid (fluid)
  B) Displaces its own mass of the fluid
  C) Displace its own density of the fluid
  D) Is no longer subjected to gravity
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1202:

  I. A liquid boils when its saturated vapor pressure is equal to the external pressure
  II. Dissolved substances in pure water lead to an increase in the boiling point.
  III. When the external pressure is increased, the boiling point increases.
  IV. Dissolved substances in pure water decreases the boiling point

  Which of the above combinations are peculiarities of the boiling point of a liquid?

  Options:
  A) I, II and III only
  B) I, II, III, and IV
  C) I, II, and IV
  D) II, III, and IV
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1203: The water at the bottom of a waterfall is slightly warmer than that at the top because part of the Options:
  A) potential energy raises the water temperature
  B) water absorbs latent heat from the atmosphere
  C) kinetic energy is changed intyo internal energy
  D) dropping mass of water increases the heat capacity
  E) A and C above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1204:

  

  In the Fig above, Current I passes through the combination, if the power dissipated in the 5 ohm resistor is 40W, then the power dissipated in the 10 ohm resistor is

  Options:
  A) 10W
  B) 20W
  C) 40W
  D) 80
  E) 100W
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1205: A coin is placed at the bottom of a cube of glass tern thick. If the refractive index of the glass is $\mu$, how high does the coin appear to be raised to an observer looking perpendicularly into the glass? Options:
  A) $\frac{1}{t-\mu }$
  B) $\frac{t(\mu -I)}{\mu }$
  C) t (1 + $\frac{1}{\mu }$)
  D) -$\mu$
  E) $\mu$t
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1206: A man at the back of a crowd watches a parade by holding a plane mirror just above his head. The parade passes 6 metres behinde his head and the mirror is 0.25m in front of the man. How far does the image in the mirror appear to be from the man? Options:
  A) 6.50m
  B) 6.25m
  C) 6.00m
  D) 5.75m
  E) 5.50m
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1207: Which scientist discovered natural radioactivity? Options:
  A) Enrico Fermi
  B) Henri Becquerel
  C) Marie Curie
  D) Micheal Faraday
  E) Niels Bohr
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1208: A ball is moving at 18ms^-1 in a direction inclined at 60^o to the horizontal. The horizontal component to its velocity is Options:
  A) 9√3ms^-1 ·
  B) 6√3ms^-1 ·
  C) 8√3ms^-1 ·
  D) 9ms^-1 ·
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1209: Which of the following pairs of musical instruments produce sound due to the vibration of air column? Options:
  A) Bell and piano
  B) Guitar and flute
  C) Trumpet and drum
  D) Trumpet and flute
  E) Violin and organ
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1210: A body rolls down a slope from a height of 100m. its velocity at the foot of the slope is 20ms^-1. What percentage of its initial potential energy is converted into kinetic energy? [g = 10ms^-1] Options:
  A) 40%
  B) 35%
  C) 20%
  D) 15%
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  The correct answer is C .