100 Physics

Questions

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1. In a resonance tube experiment, a tube of fixed 5.
length in closed at one end and several turning
forks of increasing frequency used to obtain
resonance at the open end. If the turning fork Brick Cord
with the lowest frequency which gave resonance Pull
had a frequency ƒ1 and the next turning fork to
give resonance had a frequency ƒ2, find the ratio
ƒ2/ ƒ1. Fig. 2
A. 8 B. 3
C. 2 D. ½ A brick at rest on a horizontal table is pulled by a
E. 1/3 horizontal cord, as shown in Fig. 2. The force of
friction on the brick
2. Which of the following is NOT a vector quantity A. Increase if the pull increases but the
A. Force B. Altitude brick does not move.
C. Weight D. Displacement B. Is directly horizontal to the right
E. Acceleration. C. Decreases if an identical brick is placed
on the first.
3. D. Is zero if the brick is pulled hard
P1 enough to make it slide.
E. Change if the brick is turned on its side.
P3 O O3

O2 6. The force with which an object is attracted to the

earth is called its
P2 A. Acceleration B. Mass
C. Gravity D. Impulse
Fig. 1 E. Weight.
Consider the three forces acting at O and in
equilibrium as shown in Fig. 1. Which of the 7. The refractive index of a liquid is 1.5. If the
following equation is/are CORRECT? velocity of light in vacuum is 3.0 x 108m s-1, the
I. P1 cos 01 = P1 cos O2 velocity of light in the liquid is
II. P3 = P1 cos O1 + P2 cos O2
III. P1 sin O1 = P2 sin O2 A. 1.5 x 103m s-1
B. 2.0 x 103m s-1
A. I only B. II only C. III only C. 3.0 x 103m s-1
D. II and III only E. I and III only D. 4.5 x 103m s-1
E. 9.0 x 103m s-1
4. Which of the following statements about friction it
NOT correct? 8. If the relative density of a metal is 19, what will
A. The force of kinetic friction is less than be the mass of 20cm3 of the metal when
the force of static friction. immersed in water?
B. The force of kinetic friction between A. 380g B. 400g
two surfaces is independent of the areas C. 360g D. 39g
in contact provided the normal reaction E. 180g
is unchanged.
C. The force of rolling friction between 9. Which of the following statements about liquid
two surfaces is less than the force of pressure is NOT correct? The pressure
sliding friction. A. At a point in a liquid is proportional to
D. The angle of friction is the angle the depth.
between the normal reaction and the B. At any point in a liquid is the same at
force friction. the same level.
E. Friction may be reduced by lubrication. C. Is exerted equally in all directions at
any point.
D. Of a liquid at any point on the wall of its

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 container acts in a direction 14. If the pressure on 1000cm3 of an ideal gas is
perpendicular to the wall. doubled while its Kelvin temperature is halved,
E. At a particular depth depends on the then the new volume of the gas will become
shape of the vessel. A. 25 cm3 B. 50 cm3
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C. 100 cm D. 200 cm3
10. A ship traveling towards a cliff receives the echo E. 400 cm3
of its whistle after 3.5 seconds. A short while
later, it receives the echo after 2.5 seconds. If the 15. A train has an initial velocity of 44m/s and an
speed of sound in air under the prevailing acceleration of –4m/s2. Its velocity after 10
conditions is 250m s-1, how much closer is the seconds is
ship to the cliff?
A. 10 m B. 125 m
A. 2m/s B. 4m/s
C. 175 m D. 350 m
C. 8m/s D. 12m/s
E. 1,000 m
E. 16m/s.
11. Which of the following is NOT correct?
16. Which of the following conditions are necessary
I. The pitch of a sound note depends on and sufficient for total internal reflection to take
the frequency of vibrations. place at the boundary between two optical
II. The intensity of a sound note is media?
proportional to the amplitude of I Light is passing from optically denser
vibrations. medium to optically less dense medium.
III. Beats are produces by two sources of II Light is passing from optically less
sound because one wave is travelling dense medium to optically denser
faster than the other. medium.
IV. When two sources of sound of III Angle of incidence is
frequencies 500 Hz and 502 Hz are greater. IV Angle of incidence if
sounded together, a neat frequency of 2 lesser.
Hz is observed.
V. The first harmonic of a note has double A. I and II only
the frequency of the fundamental note.
B. II and II only
A. I and II B. II and III
C. III and IV only
C. I and II D. III and IV
D. I and III only
E. IV and V.
E. II and Iv only
12. Which of the following statements about defects
17. A man of mass 50kg ascends a flight of stairs 5m
of vision is/ are CORRECT
high in 5 seconds. If acceleration due to gravity
I. For a long sighted person, close objects
is 10m s-2, the power expended is
appear blurred. A. 100W B. 300W
II. For a sort sighted person, distant objects C. 250W D. 400W
appear blurred. E. 500W
III. Short sight is corrected by using a pair
of converging lenses.
18. Which of the following arrangements in the
sequence shown can be used to obtain a pure
A. I onl B. II only
spectrum of white light?
C. I and II onl
A. Source, slit, converging lens, prism,
D. II and III only
converging lens, screen.
E. I, II and III.
B. Source, slit, diverging lens, screen.
C. Source, converging lens, prism,
13. The range of wavelengths of the visible
diverging lens, screen.
spectrum is 400nm – 700nm. The wavelength of
D. Source, slit, prism, diverging lens, screen
gamma rays is
A. Longer than 700nm
19. 10V
B. Shorter than 700nm but longer than
400nm
C. 550nm
I1 2Ù
D. Shorter than 400nm
E. Infinite
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 20V

currents in each resistor is

A. 1A B. 4A
2Ù I3 1Ù C. 16 A D. 18 A
E. 36 A

24. In the circuit shown in Fig. 4, T is a resistor

20V whose resistance falls as temperature increases. L
and L 1 2
are lamps. Assuming the cell has negligible
I4 2Ù internal resistance, as the temperature of T
increases
A. L1 becomes brighter, L2 becomes dimmer.
B. L1 and L2 becomes brighter.
I 1Ù C. L1 becomes dimmer, L2 becomes brighter.
Fig.53. D. L1 becomes brighter, L2 does not change.
E. L becomes dimmer, L does not change.
2 1
The diagrams in Fig.3 show three circuits. The
internal resistances of the batteries are negligible. 1L
Which of the currents is the largest? T
A. I1 B. I2 T
C. I3 D. I4
E. I5

20. A milliameter with full scale deflection of

100mA has an internal resistance of 5 ohms. It
would be converted to an ammeter with a full L2
scale deflection of 1A by connecting a resistance
of Fig. 4.
A. 5
/99 ohm in series with it
B. 5
/99 ohm in parallel with it 25. Which of the diagrams in Fig. 5 gives the correct
C. 99
/5ohm in parallel with it resultant R of two vectors P and
D. 99
/5ohm in series with it Q?
E. 2 ohms in series with it P P
R
21. It is usual to transmit electric power at high
voltage and low current. Which of the following I II
are possible advantages of the method.
I Heat losses are reduced because the
R
currents are small. Q
II Thin wires can be used because small Q
currents are flowing.
III The power can flow faster because the
voltage is high.
A. I only P P
B. I and II only R
C. II and III only
D. I and III only III IV
E. I, II and III. R

22. The linear expansivity if brass is 2 x 10-1 0C-1. If the P

volume of a piece of brass is 100cm3 at 00C, what
will be its volume at 1000C? R fig 5.
A. 10.02 cm3 B. 10.04 cm3 V Q
C. 10.06 cm3 D. 10.20 cm3
E. 102.00 cm3

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23. A 24V potential difference is applied across a
parallel combination of four 6-ohm resistors. The

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 A. I B. II end. Calculate the unstretched length of the spring
C. III D. IV assuming Hooke’s law is obeyed.
E. V
A. 9.33 cm B. 10.00 cm
26. The electrochemical equivalent of a metal is C. 10.66 cm D. 12.00 cm
0.126 x 10-6 kg/C. The mass of the metal that a E. 15.00 cm
current of 5A deposit from a suitable bath in 1
hour is 33. Each of the diagrams in Fig. 6 represents two
A. 0.0378 x 10-3kg current carrying conductors situated close to
B. 0.227 x 10-3kg each other. In which two diagrams are the
C. 0.378 x 10-3kg forces between the two wires attractive?
D. 0.595 x 10-3kg I
E. 2.268 x 10-3kg
27. Ripples on water are similar to light waves in
that they both
A. Have the same wavelength
B. Are longitudinal
C. Cannot be reflected II
D. Travel at the same speed
E. Can be refracted and diffracted.
28. A piece of wood is floating on water. The forces
acting on the wood are
A. Upthrust and reaction.
B. Weight and reaction III
C. Weight and upthrust
D. Upthrsut and viscosity
E. Weight and viscosity.

29. Of the following derived units, the one that is not

a unit of power is
A. Joule/second IV
B. Ampere/volt
C. Amphere2volt
D. Ohm2/volt
E. Volts2/ohm.

30. A force of 16N applied to a 4.0kg block that is at

rest on a smooth horizontal surface. What is the
velocity of the block at t = 5 seconds? V
A. 4 m/s B. 10 m/s
C. 20 m/s D. 50 m/s
E. 80 m/s

31. 1,000 identical drops of oil of density 5000kg/m3

have a total mass of 5 x 10-4kg. One of the drops Fig .6
forms a thin film of area 0.5m2 on water. The B. I and III
A. I and V
thickness of the film is II and V
C. II and
A. 2 x 10-8m B. 2 x 10- IVD.
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m C. 2 x 10 m D. 3 x 10- E. III and IV
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m
E. 2.8x 10-8m. 34. Which of the following statements is
CORRECT? I The mass number is equal
32. The total length of a spring when a mass of 200g to the total number of protrons and electrons in
is hung from its end is 14cm, while its total an
length is 16cm when a mass of 30kg is hung atom.
from the same II The atomic number is equal to the

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number of protrons in an atom

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 III The number of electrons in an atom is
equal to the total number of protons and
neutrons in the nucleus.
A. I only B. II only
C. III only D. I and II only
E. II and III only.
P
35. A short response time is obtained in a liquid-in-
glass thermometer when the
A. Bulb is large and thick-walled.
B. Stem is long and thin.
C. Bulb is small and thick-walled. R
D. Bulb is high density and the bore is
large.
Fig. 7
E. Bulb is thin-walled and the liquid is a
In Fig. 7 above, QR is a vertical conductor and
good conductor of heat.
the current I flows from R to Q. P is a point on
the horizontal plane and it to the South of the
36. A machine has a velocity ratio of 5. It requires a wire. The direction of the magnetic filed at P due
50kg weight to overcome a 200kg weight. The to the current is
efficiency is
A. 4% B. 5% A. Upward B. North
C. 40% D. 50% C. South D. West
E. 80% E. East

37. If the normal atmospheric pressure in a 41. Which of the following best describes the energy
laboratory supports a column of mercury 0.76m changes which take place when a steam engine
high and the relative density of mercury is 13.8, drives a generator which lights a lamp?
then the height of water column which A. Heat Light Sound
atmospheric pressure will support in the same Kinetic
laboratory at the same time is
A. 0m B. 10 m B. Kinetic Light Heat
C. 13 m Electricity
D. 14 m
E. 18 m C. Heat Kinetic Electricity
Heat and Light
38. An electric current of 3A flowing through an
electric heating element of resistance 20 D. Electricity Kinetic Heat
embedded in 1,000g of an oil raises the Light
temperature of the oil by 100C in 10 seconds, then
the specific heat capacity of the oil is E. Heat Sound Kinetic
A. 1.8 J/g B. 0.6 J/g Electricity.
C. 0.18 J/g 0C D. 1.8 J/g 0C
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E. 0.06 J/g C 42. Which of the following statements clearly
describe the behaviour of the fire alarm shown in
39. The difference of potential between the terminals Fig. 8 below given that the linear expansivities of
of a cell is 2.2 volts. When a 4 ohm resistor is copper and steel are 2.0 x 10-5/0C and 1.2 x 10-
connected across the terminals of this cell, the 5 0
/ C respectively?
potential difference is 2 volts. What is the
internal resistance of the cell?
A. 0.10 ohms B. 0.25 ohms Electric bell
C. 0.40 ohms D. 2.50 ohms
E. 4.00 ohms.

40. Q Copper
I

P Steel Q
8
 Fig. 8.

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 I The bimetallic strip will not be able to
E. Highly magnified
close the circuit when there is fire
II The bimetallic strip will close the
46. The speed of light in vacuum is 3.0 x 108m s-1. If
circuit when there is fire
the refractive index of a transparent liquid is
III If the copper and steel are interchanged,
4/3 then the speed of light in the liquid is
the circuit will close when there is fire.
A. 0.44 x 108m s-1
A. I only B. II only
B. 2.25 x 108m s-1
C. III only D. I and III
C. 3.0 x 108m s-1
E. II and III
D. 4.0 x 108m s-1
E. 4.33 x 108m s-1
43. Four equal resistors R1, R2, R3 and R4 are connected
in series as shown in Fig 9 below. V1, V2 and V3
47. If the force on a charge of 0.2 coulomb in an
are voltmeters connected as indicated. Which of
electric field is 4N, then the electric field
the following relations is CORRECT?
intensity of the field is
A. V1 = V3 = V2 . A. 0.8 B. 0.8 N/C
2
C. 20.0 N/C D. 4.2 N/C
B. V1 = 2V2 =V3 2 E. 20.0 C/N
C. V=½V=V
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D. V1 - V3 = V2 48. The specific latent heat of vapourization of a

E. V2 – V1 = V3 . substance is always
2 A. Less than its specific latent heat of fusion.
B. Greater than its specific heat of fusion.
C. Equal to its specific latent heat of fusion
44. Which of the following may be used to determine D. All of the above depending on the
relative humidity in a physics laboratory? nature of the substance
i. Manometer E. None of the above
ii. Wet-and-dry bulb hygrometer
III Hair hygrometer 49. Longitudinal waves do not exhibit
IV A hydrometer A. Refraction B. Reflection
C. Diffraction D. Polarization
A. I only E. Rarefaction
B. II and III only
C. II only 50.
D. III only
E. II, III and IV only

45.

Fig. 11 above shows an inverted U-tube with the

open end, O of one limb below the level, W, of
the water in a tank. In order that water should
begin to flow from the tank it is necessary that
A. The U-tube is completely filled with
water and P should be higher than W.
PQ is a thin rod on a horizontal table, RS is a B. P should be lower than O and W
plane mirror inclined at 450C to the horizontal as C. P should be lower than W and O should
shown in Fig. 10 above. The image of PQ as seen reach to the bottom of the vessel.
in the mirror by the eye, T is D. The U-tube is completely filled with
A. Horizontal water and P should be lower than W.
B. Parallel to the mirror E. The U-tube is completely filled with
C. At infinity water and O should reach the bottom of
D. Vertical the vessel.

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 51. The distance travelled by a particle
starting from rest is plotted against the 56. For a concave mirror to form a real diminished
square of the time elapsed from the image, the object must be placed
commencement of motion. The resulting A. Behind the mirror
graph is linear. The slope of this graph is a B. Between the mirror and in focus
measure of C. Between the focus and the center of
A. Initial displacement curvature
B. Initial velocity D. At the center of curvature
C. Acceleration E. At a distance greater than the radius of
D. Half the acceleration curvature.
E. Half the initial velocity
57. The unit quantity of electricity is called
52. I. The ampere
P T II. The volt
Q R S III. The coulomb
IV. The ammeter
V. Electromotive force.

0.1N 0.4N 58. The resistance of a wire depends on

Fig. 1 I. The length of the wire
II. The diameter of the wire
In Fig. 1, PT is a uniform metre rule pivoted at III. The temperature of the wire
R, the 70cm mark. Two forces 0.1N and 0.4N are IV. The resistivity of the wire
applied at Q, the 60cm mark and S. the 85cm V. All of the above.
mark. If the metre rule is kept in equilibrium by
the forces and its weight, then the weight of the 59. What is the resistance of the circuit shown in Fig. 2.
metre rule is

A. 0.25 N B. 0.30 N
C. 0.35 N D. 0.50 N 2Ohms
E. 0.56 N

53. For which of the underlisted quantities is the 2Ohms

derived unit ML2T-2 correct?
I. Moment of a force 3 Ohms
II. Work
III. Acceleration 4Ohms

A. I only B. II only
C. III only D. I and II
E. II and III Fig. 2

54. What volume of alcohol with a density of 8.4 x A. 4 Ohms B. 11 Ohms

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102kg m-3 will have the same mass as 4.2m3 of petrol C. / 5 Ohms D. /4 Ohms
whose density is 7.2 x 102kg m-3? E. 8Ohms
A. 1.4 m3 B. 3.6 m3
C. 4.9 m 3
D. 5.0 m3 60. Two cells, each of e.m.f. 1.5V and an internal
E. 5.8 m 3 resistance 2Ohms are connected in parallel.
Calculate the current flowing when the cells are
55. For correcting long sight defects in the human connected to a 1 Ohms resistor.
eye we require a A. 0.75 Ohms B. 1.5 Ohms
A. Converging lens C. 0.5 Ohms D. 1.0 Ohms
E. 0.6 Ohms
B. Diverging lens
C. Microscope
D. Periscope 61. Which of the following components is NOT
E. Plain glass sheet. contained in a dry cell? A

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 I. Carbon rod IV. Is just sufficient to cause cooling
II. Paste of magnesium dioxide
III. Paste of ammonium chloride
68. The lower and upper fixed points marked on a
IV. Zinc case mercury-in-glass thermometer are 210mm apart. The
V. Copper rod. end of the mercury column in the tube is 49mm above
the lower fixed point in a room. What is the
62. Which of the following can be described temperature of the room in degrees Celsius?
as high tension transmission? A. 55.3 0C B. 23.3 0C
I. High resistance and low voltage C. 0
49.0 C D. 16.1 0C
II. Low current and high voltage E. 0
76.7 C
III. High current and low voltage
IV. High voltage and zero current
69. If a solid changes directly into a gas when heat is
V. High current and low resistance. applied the process is called
a. Vaporization
63. All the heat generated in a 5 ohms resistor by 2A b. Evaporation
flowing for 30 seconds is used to evaporate 5g of
c. Sublimation
liquid at its boiling point. Which of the
d. Ionization
following is the correct value of the specific
e. Conversion.
latent heat of the liquid?
A. 120 J B. 60 J g-1
-1 70. A plane inclined at an angle of 300 to the horizontal
C. 120 J g D. 1 500 J
has an efficiency of 60%. The force parallel to the
E. 1 500 J g-1
plane required to push a load of 120N uniformly up
the plane is
64. When vibration occurs in an air column, the
A. 60 N B. 100 N
distance between a node and an antinodes is
C. 120 N D. 200 N
equal to
E. 240 N
I. One-quarter of the wavelength
II. One-half of the wavelength
71. A body of mass 5kg initially at rest is acted upon by
III. The wavelength
two mutually perpendicular forces 12N and 5N as
IV. Twice the wavelength
shown in Fig. 3. If the particle moves in the direction
V. Four-times the wavelength.
QA, calculate the magnitude of the acceleration.
A. 0.40m s-2 B. 1.40m s-
65. Which of the following statements is (are) NOT 2
C. -2
0.26m s D. 2.60m s-
correct? 2
I Pressure changes do not affect the speed E. 3.40m s-2
of sound in air
II The velocity of sound increases with A
temperature
III The quantity of a note depends only on
12N
its frequency.

a. I only B. II only
C. III only D. I and III only è
E. II and III only. O
5N
66. Of two identical turning forks with natural frequency Fig. 3
256 Hz, one is loaded so that 4 beats per second are heard
when they are sounded together. What is the frequency of 72. .
the loaded turning fork?
I. 260 Hz B. 252 Hz 20
C. 248 Hz D. 264 Hz
E. 258 Hz
67. Dew point is the temperature at which water vapour in 10
the atmosphere
Force (N)
I. Turns into steam 0 5 10 15 20
II. Solidifies into ice pellets Fig. 4 Distance (m)
III. First condenses into liquid form

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 body by the force during the first 10 metres of
motion is
78. A particle moves in a circular orbit of radius 0.02m. If
A. 100 J B. 150 J
the speed of the particle is 0.88m s-1, calculate its
C. 200 J D. 300 J
frequency in cycles per second.
IV. 600 J A. 2.0 B. 7.0
C. 8.8 D. 14.0
73. A simple pendulum, 0.6m long, has a period of E. 17.6
1.5
s. what is the period of a similar pendulum 0.4m
79. Heat is supplied uniformly at the rate of 100W to
long in the same location? 1.0 x 10-2kg of a liquid for 20 seconds. If the
A. 1.4 2/ s B. 1.5 3/
3 2
C. 2.25 s D. 1.00 s temperature of the liquid rises by 50C, then the
E. 2.00 s specific heat capacity of the liquid is
A. 2.0 x 102J kg-1 K-1
74. A force varying linearly with the distance acts on a B. 2.0 x 102J kg-1
body as shown in Fig. 4. The work done on the C. 4.0 x 104J kg-1 K-1
body by the force during the first 10 metres of D. 4.0 x 104J kg-1
motion is E. 8.4 x 103J kg-1 K-1
A. 100 J B. 150 J
C. 200 J D. 300 J 80. A given mass of an ideal gas occupies a volume V
E. 600 J at a temperature T and under a pressure P. If the
75. A simple pendulum, 0.6m long, has a period of pressure is increase to 2P and the temperature
1.5 reduced to 1/2T, then the percentage change in
s. what is the period of a similar pendulum 0.4m the volume of the gas is
long in the same location? A. 0% B. 25 %
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A. 1.4 “ 2/ s B. 1.5 “3/2 C. 75 % D. 300 %
C. 2.25 s D. 1.00 s E. 400 %
76. A small steel needle is carefully floated on water in 81. Which of the following properties of matter
a beaker. When a few drops of kerosene are CANNOT be utilized for temperature measurement? The
introduced into the water the needle sinks. a. Length of a liquid column
Which of the following statements correctly b. Volume of a gas at constant pressure.
explain(s) the observation? c. Pressure of a gas at constant volume
I There is a tension on the water surface. d. Resistance of a metallic wire
II Kerosene reduces the density of water e. Current produced in a photoelectric
so that the needle becomes denser than effect.
water.
III Kerosene reduces the surface tension of 82. The image and object distances of a converging
water. mirror are related by the equation 1/ = 1/ ƒ+ 1/ and
v u
a. I only B. II only the magnification of the image is m = v/u. Which
C. III only D. I and II of the graphs below represents the relation
E. I and III between m and v?

77. Which of the following statements describes an atom A. D.

accurately? m m
I Atoms of all elements are identical
II An atom contains a nucleus and number
of electrons.
III Due to the electrons in the atom, an v v
atom is negatively charged.
IV Electrons in the atom move in
circular orbits round the nucleus.

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A. I and II B. II and III
C. III and IV D. II and IV
E. I, II and III

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 B E. C. Increasing the speed of rotation.
m m D. Making the field magnet longer.
E. Using low resistance copper coil.

v v 86. I

S II

C..
m
N

v
III

Earth’s
magnetic
83. Which of the following statements about the compound field
microscope and astronomical telescope is (are) correct?
a. The final image of a compound
microscope is located at infinity. Fig. 5
b. The final image of the astronomical telescope
is always erect. A short bar magnet is placed in the earth’s
c. The objective lens of a compound microscope magnetic field as shown in Fig. 5. Which of the
has a very short focal length. points II and II is (are) possible position(s) of a
natural point?
A. I only B. II only A. I only B. II only
C. III only D. I and III C. III only D. I and II
E. II and III E. I, II and III
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84. A coin is placed at the bottom of a cube of glass tcm . 4 UF
thick. If the refraction index of the glass is ø, how high
does the coin appear to be raised to an observer looking
perpendicularly into the glass? A. 1.
t–ø 3 UF

B. t(ø –
1) ø
C. t>ý 1 + 1/ø?ý

D. t . 4 UF 2 UF
ø
Fig. 6
E. t
In the circuit in Fig. 6, calculate the effective
capacitance between X and Y.
A. ¾ UF
B. 2 10/13UF
85. The electromotive force obtained from a simple dynamo magnetic flux through the coil.
may be increased by
A. Increasing the cross-sectional area of
the coil.
B. Winding the coil on a soft-iron
armature so as to increase the

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D. 4 12/ UF 13
E. 13 UF

88. A gun of mass 2.0kg fires a bullet of mass 1.6 x

10-2kg due East. If the bullet leaves the nozzle
of the gun

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 with a velocity of 150m s-1, what is the recoil 94. Cathode rays are
velocity of the gun? A. High-energy electromagnetic waves
A. 150 m s-1 due West B. Protons
B. 1.2 x 10-4 m s-1 due West. C. Streams of electrons
C. 1.2 m s-1 due West D. Neutrons
D. 1.2 m s-1 due East E. Radio waves
E. 150 m s-1 due East
95. A device that converts sound energy into electrical
89. Normal atmospheric pressure at sea-level is 105N energy is
m-2 and the acceleration due to gravity is a. The horn of a motor car
approximately 10m s-1. If the atmosphere has a
b. An A.C. generator
uniform density of 1kg m-3, its height is
c. A microphone
a. 100 m
d. The telephone earpiece
B. 1000 m
e. A loudspeaker.
C. 10 000 m
D. 100 000 m
96. Which of the following I
E. 1000 000 m
â-particles
II Protons
90. Which of the following is a correct explanation III Neutrons
of the inertia of a body?
IV á-particles
a. Ability to overcome the earth’s gravity
may be found in light nuclei?
b. Reluctance to stop moving
A. I and II
c. Readiness to start moving
B. I and III
d. Reluctance to start moving and its
C. II and IV
readiness to stop moving once it has
D. II and III
begun to move
E. I, II, and III.
e. Reluctance to start moving and its
reluctance to stop moving once it has
97. Radio waves have a velocity of 3 x 108m s-1. A radio
begun to move.
station sends out a broadcast on a frequency of 800
kHz. The wavelength of the broadcast is
91. If a water pump at Kainji Dam is capable of
A. 375.0 m
lifting 1000kg of water through a vertical height
B. 267.0 m
of 10m in 10s, the power of the pump is
C. 240.0 m
A. 1.0 kW B. 10.0 kW
D. 37.5 m
C. 12.5 kW D. 15.0 kW
E. 26.7 m
E. 20.0 kW
(g = 10m s-2) 98.
X
92. What is the apparent colour of a RED SHIRT
when viewed in PURE green light? 4Ohms Y
a. Red B. Green 6Ohms
C. Yellow D. Black
E. Blue

93. The spectrum of white light consists of coloured

lights arranged in the following order
a. Blue, red, green. Yellow, indigo, violet,
orange. Fig. 7
b. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
violet. In the diagram above (Fig. 7), X and Y are
c. Red, orange, yellow, indigo, green, blue, resistances 45 ohms and 65 ohms respectively. If
violet. power dissipation in X is 10W, then power
d. Indigo, green, blue, violet, yellow, red, dissipation in Y is
orange.
E. Yellow, blue, green, violet, orange, A. 2.4 W B. 4.0 W
indigo, red. C. 6.0 W D. 6.7 W
E. 15.0 W

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99. What is the cost of running five 50W lamps and four
100W lamps for 10 hours if electrical energy costs 2 kobo
per kWh?

A. N 0.65 B. N 0.13
C. N 3.90 D. N 39.00
E N 234.00

[Link] of the following statements is (are) NOT true

about the emission of photoelectrons from metallic
surfaces?
a. All metallic surfaces emit the same number of
photoelectrons in a given light.
b. Most metallic surfaces in visible and infrared
light.
c. A metallic surface emits photoelectric only if
frequency of the incident light is higher than its
own characteristic threshold frequency.

A. I only B. II only
C. I and II D. II and III
E. III only

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