JAMB UTME - Physics - 1985 | Green Bridge CBT

Swali 1 Ripoti

On which of the following does the operation of a moving coil ammeter depend? i. Electromagnetic induction ii. Force on a carrying-current conductor iii. Magnetic effect of an electric current

i only

ii only

iii only

ii and iii only

i,ii and iii

Electric Field

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Swali 2 Ripoti

A charge of one coulomb liberates 0.0033g of copper in an electrolytic process. How long will it take a current of 2A to librate 1.98g of copper in such a process?

5 mins

30 mins

50 mins

60 mins

120 mins

Electrostatics

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Swali 3 Ripoti

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental S.I unit?

Meter

Ampere

Kelvin

Seconds

Radian

Fundamental And Derived Quantities And Units

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Swali 4 Ripoti

A force of 100N stretches an elastic string to a total length of 20cm. If an additional force of 100N stretches the string 5cm further, Find the natural length of the string

15cm

12cm

10cm

8cm

5cm

Maelezo ya Majibu

Using, f1 = f2

e1 = 20 - L ; e2 = 5cm

$\frac{f_{1}}{e_{1}}$ = $\frac{f_{2}}{e_{2}}$

$\frac{100}{20 - L}$ = $\frac{100}{5}$

hence, L = 15cm

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Elasticity (JAMB)

Elasticity

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Swali 5 Ripoti

A metal cube of volume 103mm3 is lowered into a measuring cylinder containing water. If the internal cross-sectional area of the cylinder is 1.5 x 102mm2, by how much does the water level rise in the cylinder?

6.67 x 100mm

8.50 x 102mm

1.15 x 103mm

2.50 x 103mm

1.50 x 105mm

Maelezo ya Majibu

Height = $\frac{v o l u m e}{a r e a}$

= Height = $\frac{10^{3}}{1.5 \times 10^{2}}$

= 6.67mm

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Measurements And Units (JAMB)

Measurements And Units

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Swali 6 Ripoti

If the fundamental frequency of a closed pipe organ on a day when the speed of sound is 340ms-1 is 170Hz, then the length of the pipe is

50cm

70cm

100cm

150cm

200cm

Maelezo ya Majibu

$λ$ = $\frac{v}{f}$

= $\frac{340}{170}$

= 2m ; for closed pipe

L = $\frac{1}{4}$ $λ$

= $\frac{1}{4}$ x $\frac{2}{1}$

= 0.5m

= 50cm

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Current Electricity (JAMB)

Current Electricity

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Swali 7 Ripoti

Which of the following types of motion are oscillatory? i.a diving board when used by a diver. ii. the motion of the balance wheel of a wrist watch. iii. the motion of the turn-table of a record player. iv. the motion of the center of a ten kobo piece as it rolls down an inclined plane. v. the motion of the needle of a D.C. ammeter into which a low A.C. current is passed

i and ii

i, ii and iii

i, ii and iv

i, ii and v

iii, iv and ii

Scalars And Vectors

Simple Harmonic Motion

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Swali 8 Ripoti

Two divers G and H are at depths 20m and 40m respectively below the water surface in a lake. The pressure on G is P₁ while the pressure on H is P₂. If the atmospheric pressure is equivalent to 10m of water, then the value of $ \frac{p_2}{p_1} $ is

0.50

0.60

1.67

2.00

3.0

Maelezo ya Majibu

pressure at H = 40m ; pressure at G, p1 = 20m

$\frac{p_{1}}{p_{1}}$ = $\frac{40}{20}$

= 2

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Temperature And Its Measurement (JAMB)

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Pressure (JAMB)

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Measurements And Units (JAMB)

Temperature And Its Measurement

Pressure

Measurements And Units

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Swali 9 Ripoti

A wire P has half the diameter and half the length of a wire Q of similar material. The ratio of the resistance of P to that of Q is

8 : 1

4 : 1

2 : 1

1 : 1

1 : 4

Maelezo ya Majibu

Resistance $α$ $\frac{l e n g t h}{a r e a}$

$\frac{R_{Q}}{R_{P}}$ = $\frac{L_{Q} A_{P}}{L_{P} A_{Q}}$

LQ = 2LP

DQ = 2DP

AP = $π$ $\frac{(2 D_{P})^{2}}{2}$

= $π$ DP

AQ = $π$ $\frac{(D_{P})^{2}}{2}$

= $\frac{1}{4}$ $π$ DP

therefore, $\frac{R_{Q}}{R_{P}}$ = $\frac{2 L_{P} \times π D_{P}}{L_{P} \times \frac{1}{4} π D_{P}}$

= 2 : 1

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Capacitors (JAMB)

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Current Electricity (JAMB)

Capacitors

Current Electricity

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Swali 10 Ripoti

Water shows anomalous behaviour

below 0oC

between 0oC and 4oC

at exactly 4oC

between 4oC and 100oC

above 100oC

Heat Energy

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Swali 11 Ripoti

A 0.05kg bullet travelling at 500ms-1 horizontally strikes a thick vertical wall. It stops after penetrating through the wall horizontal distance of 0.25m. What is the magnitude of the average force the wall exerts on the bullet?

25N

50N

250N

500N

25 000N

Maelezo ya Majibu

F = ma

= m $\frac{(v^{2} - u^{2})}{2 s}$

F = 0.05 $\frac{(0 - (500)^{2})}{2 \times 0.25}$

F = 25 000N

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Current Electricity (JAMB)

Current Electricity

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Swali 12 Ripoti

A thin aluminum plate has a surface area of 1500m at 20oC. What will be its surface area when it is cooled to -20oC? (Take the linear expansivity of aluminum to be 2.5 x 10-5k-1).

1.503m2

1.500m2

1.498m2

1.497m2

1.490m2

Maelezo ya Majibu

$β$ = A2 - A1

2 X 10-5 x 2.5 = $\frac{A_{2} \times 1.5}{1.5 \times (- 20 - 20)}$

A2 = 1.498m2

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Swali 13 Ripoti

Two rays of light from a point below the surface of water are equally inclined to each other at $60^\circ$ in water. What is the angle between the rays when they emerge into air? (Take the refractive index of water to be $\frac{4}{3}$)

41.8o

44.1o

60.0o

83.6o

120.0o

Maelezo ya Majibu

$\frac{4}{3}$ = $\frac{s i n r_{1}}{s i n 30}$ and $\frac{4}{3}$ = $\frac{s i n r_{2}}{s i n 30}$

r1 = 41.8o and r2 = 41.8o

angle between them = r1 + r2

= 83.6o

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Refraction Of Light Through Plane And Curved Surfaces (JAMB)

Refraction Of Light Through Plane And Curved Surfaces

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Swali 14 Ripoti

Which of the following statements are NOT correct?

boiling occurs when the saturated vapour pressure of the liquid involved equals the external pressure

both the boiling point and the saturated vapour pressure of a given liquid depends on the external pressure

the saturated vapour presssure rises with increase in temperature

the saturated vapour pressure is independent of the volume available for the vapour

it is possible to boil water at a lower temperature than 100oC at high altitude

Quantity Of Heat

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Swali 15 Ripoti

Which of the following is NOT a force?

Friction

Tension

Upthrust

Weight

Impulse

Equilibrium Of Forces

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Swali 16 Ripoti

Which of the following features is NOT a characteristic of natural radioactivity?

Radioactivity is a nuclear phenomenon

Radioactivity is exhibited only by elements of mass number greater than 206

The radioactivity of an element is affected by electric and magnetic fields in the surroundings

Radioactive substances emits three types of radiations, a-rays,

β

-rays and y-rays

The radioactive element is transformed into a new element

Properties Of Waves: Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction

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Swali 17 Ripoti

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A galvanometer can be converted to an ammeter with a different range by connecting a high resistance in series

An electric current always produces a magnetic field

Maxwell's screw rule states that if a corkscrew moves inthe direction of the current, the hand turns in the direction of the lines of force

Electromagnets are used in electric bells and telephone recievers

The lines of force round a straight current carrying conductor are circular

Description Property Of Fields

Current Electricity

Electric Field

Change Of State

Force On A Current-Carrying Conductor In A Magnetic Field

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Swali 18 Ripoti

The graph in the fig above describes the motion of a particle. the acceleration of the particle during the motion is

0.00ms-2

0.25ms-2

4.00ms-2

8.00ms-2

10.00ms-2

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Swali 19 Ripoti

An object is placed 15cm in front of a concave mirror of radius 40cm. The image formed

virtual and 60cm behind the mirror

real and 60cm behind the mirror

virtual and at infinity

real and at infinity

virtual and 40cm from the mirror

Reflection Of Light At Plane And Curved Surfaces

Properties Of Waves: Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction

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Swali 20 Ripoti

In the Fig above, MN is a light uniform meter rule pivoted at O, the 80cm mark. A load of mass 3.00kg is suspended on the meter rule at L, the 10cm mark. If the rule is kept in equilibrium by a string RP, fixed at P and attached to the rule at R, the 20cm mark, then the Tension T on the string is

3.0N

3.4N

3.5N

6.0N

7.0N

Equilibrium Of Forces

Measurements And Units

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Swali 21 Ripoti

A narrow beam of white light can be split up into different colours by a glass prism. The correct explanation is that

white light is an electromagnetic wave

the prism has all the colours of the white light

white light has undergone total internal reflection in the prism

different colours of white light travel with different speeds in glass

white ligth consist of yellow, green and red colours

Light Waves

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Swali 22 Ripoti

A 45o triangular glass prism can be used as a reflector of light because

A refraction never takes place in such a prism

the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence

the refractive index of glass is less than 1

it is transparent

the critival angle angle for glass is less than 45o

Reflection Of Light At Plane And Curved Surfaces

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Swali 23 Ripoti

Which of the following methods CANNOT be used to produce a steel magnet? The

passing of an electric current through a solenoid

repeated stroking of the specimen with a magnet

repeated stroking of the specimen in opposite directions with magnets

heating of the specimen

hammering of the specimen in the earth's magnetic field

Magnets And Magnetic Fields

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Swali 24 Ripoti

If the distance between two stationary charged particle is doubled, the magnitude of the electro-static force between them will be

doubled

halved

a quarter of its former value

unchanged

four times the original value

Maelezo ya Majibu

F $α$ $\frac{1}{d^{2}}$

F x d2 = constant

F1 x (d1)2 = F2 x (d2)2

d2 = 2d1

F1 x (d1)2 = F2 x (2d1)2

F2 = $\frac{1}{4}$ F1

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Electrostatics (JAMB)

Electrostatics

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Swali 25 Ripoti

Which of the following statements about electrolysis is NOT correct?

The substances in solution in the electrolyte become ionized

Ions are electrically charged and are attracted towards electrodes when a potential difference is applied

Ions may be discharged at the electrodes, forming bubbles or deposits

The mass deposited depends upon the length of time for which current flows

The mass of gas set free or metal deposited is proportional to the square of the current

Properties Of Waves: Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction

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Swali 26 Ripoti

Two thermo flasks of volume $V_x$ and $V_y$ are filled with liquid water at an initial temperature of 0^oC. After sometime the temperature were found to be $\theta_x$, $\theta_y$, respectively. Given that $\frac{V_x}{V_y}=2$ and $\frac{\theta_x}{\theta_y}=\frac{1}{2}$ the ratio of the heat flow into the flask is

1

4

1

2

4

1

2

Maelezo ya Majibu

Heat = mc $θ$

Hx = Dx x Vx x Cx x $θ$ x

Hy = Dy x Vy x Cy x $θ$ y

$\frac{H_{x}}{H_{y}}$ = $\frac{D_{x} \times V_{x} \times C_{x} \times θ_{x}}{D_{x} \times V_{x} \times C_{x} \times θ_{x}}$

= 2 x $\frac{1}{2}$

= 1

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Quantity Of Heat (JAMB)

Quantity Of Heat

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Swali 27 Ripoti

What is the number of neutrons in the Uranium isotope $ {}^{238}_{92}X $?

92

146

238

330

119

Structure Of The Atom (Nigeria Only)

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Swali 28 Ripoti

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

The average range of distinct vision for a normal eye is from the far distance (infinity) up to about 25cm in front of the eye

Longsighted people have difficulty in making the eye lense sufficiently powerful to focus on nearby objects

Shortsighted people cannot accommodate distant objects

Longsighted people need diverging spectacle lenses

A person with long sight has his eye-ball too short and the image of an object is therefore formed behind the retina

Scalars And Vectors

Temperature And Its Measurement

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Swali 29 Ripoti

Two liquids, P at a temperature of 20oC and Q at a temperature of 80oC have specific heat capacities of 1.0Jkg-1oC-1 and 1.5J kg-1oC-1respectively. if equal masses of P and Q are mixed in a lagged calorimeter, then the equilibrium temperature is

44oC

50oC

56oC

60oC

70oC

Maelezo ya Majibu

Heat lost = heat gained

m x (80 - $θ$ ) x 1.5 = m x ( $θ$ - 20) x 1

$θ$ = 56oC

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Temperature And Its Measurement (JAMB)

Temperature And Its Measurement

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Swali 30 Ripoti

A block of mass 2.04kg resting on a smooth horizontal plane is acted upon simultaneously by two-forces, 10N due North and 10N due East. The magnitude of the acceleration produced by the force on the block is

0.10ms-2

7.07ms-2

10.00ms-2

14.10ms-2

20.00ms-2

Maelezo ya Majibu

R = $\sqrt{10^{2} + 10^{2}}$

R = 14.14N

R = F = ma

14.14 = 2 x a

a = 7.07ms-1

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Scalars And Vectors (WAEC)

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Equilibrium Of Forces (WAEC)

Scalars And Vectors

Equilibrium Of Forces

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Swali 31 Ripoti

A metal block of mass 5kg lies on a rough horizontal platform. If a horizontal force of 8N applied to the block through its center of mass just slides the block on the platform, then the coefficient of limiting friction between the block and platform is

0.16

0.63

0.80

1.60

2.00

Maelezo ya Majibu

F = $μ$ R

= $μ$ mg

8 = $μ$ x 5 x 10

$μ$ = 0.16

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Friction (JAMB)

Friction

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Swali 32 Ripoti

A simple pendulum with a period of 2.0s has its length doubled. Its new period is

1.00s

1.41s

0.3s

2.83s

4.00s

Maelezo ya Majibu

Using $\frac{T_{1}}{T_{2}}$ = $\sqrt{\frac{L_{1}}{L_{2}}}$

$\frac{2}{T_{2}}$ = $\sqrt{\frac{L_{1}}{2 L_{1}}}$

T2 = 2.83sec

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Swali 33 Ripoti

Which of the following will convert a milliammeter to a voltmeter?

low series resistance

low parallel resistance

high series resistance

high parallel resistance

parallel resistance equal to milliammeter resistance

Electrostatics

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Swali 34 Ripoti

A convex mirror is used as a driving mirror because i. its image is erect. ii. it has a large field of view. iii. it has a long focal length. Identify the CORRECT statement(s)

i andiii only

i and ii only

ii and iii only

i, ii, and iii only

i only

Electrostatics

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Swali 35 Ripoti

Two masses 40g and 60g respectively, are attached firmly to the ends of the light meter rule. The center of gravity of the system is

at the mid-point of the meter rule

40cm from the lighter mass

40cm from the heavier mass

60cm from the heavier mass

indeterninate because the meter-rule is light

Scalars And Vectors

Equilibrium Of Forces

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Swali 36 Ripoti

When a sound wave passes from air into water its

speed and frequency increases but its wavelength remains the same

speed and wavelength increases but its frequency remains the same

speed decreases

speed remains the same but its frequency and wavelength change

speed increases but its frequency and wavelength decreases

Sound Waves

Magnetic Field (Part 1)

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Swali 37 Ripoti

A cell gives a current of 0.15A through a resistance of $8\ \Omega$ and 0.3A. When the resistance is changed to $3\ \Omega$ the internal resistance of the cell is

0.05

Ω

1.00

Ω

1.50

Ω

2.00

Ω

2.50

Ω

Current Electricity

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Swali 38 Ripoti

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

10W

20W

40W

80

100W

Current Electricity

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Swali 39 Ripoti

If a car starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration of 10ms-2 for ten seconds, the distance it covers in the last one second of its motion is

95m

100m

500m

905m

1000m

Maelezo ya Majibu

Distance in 105, using, x = ut + $\frac{1}{2}$ at2

x = (0 x 10) + ( $\frac{1}{2}$ x 10 x 10 x 10) = 500m

distance in 9s; x - (0 x 9) + ( $\frac{1}{2}$ x 10 x 9 x 9) = 405m

distance in last is = difference

= 500 - 405

= 95m

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Motion (JAMB)

Motion

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Swali 40 Ripoti

In a gas experiment, the pressure of the gas is plotted against the reciprocal of the volume of the gas at a constant temperature. the unit of the slope of the resulting curve is

force

force/m

work

force/m3

energy/m3

Maelezo ya Majibu

slope = pressure $\div$ $\frac{1}{v o l u m e}$

= $\frac{N}{m^{3}}$ x $\frac{m^{3}}{1}$

= Nm = work

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Gas Laws (JAMB)

Gas Laws

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Swali 41 Ripoti

A good calorimeter should be of

low specific heat capacity and low heat conductivity

low specific heat capacity and high heat conductivity

high specific heat capacity and low heat conductivity

dull surface and low heat conductivity

Temperature And Its Measurement

Pressure

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Swali 42 Ripoti

In order to find the depth of the sea, a ship sends out a sound wave and receives an echo after one second. If the velocity of sound in water is 1500ms-1, what is the depth of the sea?

0.75km

1.50km

2.20km

3.00km

3.75km

Maelezo ya Majibu

Echo time = 1 $\div$ 2 = 0.5sec

depth = velocity x time

= 1500 x 0.5

= 750m = 0.75km

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Sound Waves (WAEC)

Sound Waves

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Swali 43 Ripoti

A uniform cylindrical block of wood floats in water with one-third of its height above the water level, in a liquid of relative density 0.8, what fraction of its height will be above the liquid level?

1

6

1

5

1

3

4

5

\frac{5}{6}

Maelezo ya Majibu

Height inside H2O = $\frac{2}{3}$

R.d = $\frac{height inside H_{2} O}{height inside liquid}$

0.8 = $\frac{\frac{2}{3}}{X}$

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Swali 44 Ripoti

The areas of the effort and load pistons of a hydraulic press are 0.5m2 and 5m2 respectively. If a force F1 of 100N is applied on the effort piston, the force F2 on the load is

10N

100N

500N

1000N

5000N

Maelezo ya Majibu

$\frac{l o a d}{a r e a}$ = $\frac{e f f o r t}{a r e a}$

$\frac{l o a d}{5}$ = $\frac{100}{0.5}$

load = 1000N

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Position, Distance And Displacement (WAEC)

Position, Distance And Displacement

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Swali 45 Ripoti

Normal atmospheric pressure at sea-level is 105Nm-2 and the acceleration due to gravity is approximately 10ms-1. If the atmosphere has a uniform density of 1kgm-3, its height is

100m

1000m

10 000m

100 000m

1000 000m

Pressure

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Swali 46 Ripoti

A quantity of gas occupies a certain volume when the temperature is -73oC and the pressure is 1.5 atmospheres. If the pressure is increased to 4.5 atmospheres and the volume is halved at the same time, what will be the new temperature of the gas?

573oC

327oC

300oC

110oC

27oC

Maelezo ya Majibu

$\frac{P_{1} V_{1}}{T_{1}}$ = $\frac{P_{2} V_{2}}{T_{2}}$

V1 = 2V2

$\frac{1.5 \times 2 V_{2}}{- 73 + 273}$ = $\frac{4.5 \times V_{2}}{T_{2}}$

T2 = 300K = 27oC

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Quantity Of Heat (JAMB)

Quantity Of Heat

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Swali 47 Ripoti

A transformer has a primary coil with 500 turns and a secondary coil with 2500 turns. When the voltage input to the primary coil is 120V, the output is

6000V

600V

240V

60V

24V

Maelezo ya Majibu

For transformers, $\frac{V_{p}}{V_{s}}$ = $\frac{N_{p}}{N_{s}}$ = $\frac{I_{p}}{I_{s}}$

$\frac{500}{2500}$ = $\frac{120}{V_{s}}$

Vs = 600v

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Current Electricity (JAMB)

Current Electricity

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Swali 48 Ripoti

An electric kettle, connected to a 240V mains, produces 6.0 x 105J of heat energy to boil a quantity of water in 5 minutes. Find the resistance of the kettle.

14.4

Ω

28.8

Ω

144

Ω

288

Ω

2880

Ω

Maelezo ya Majibu

Heat energy = Electrical energy

6 x 105 = $\frac{V^{2}}{R}$ t

R = $\frac{240 \times 240 \times 5 \times 60}{6 \times 105}$

= 28.8 $Ω$

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Current Electricity (JAMB)

Soma maelezo ya somo kwenye Heat Energy (WAEC)

Current Electricity

Heat Energy

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Swali 49 Ripoti

Which of the following phenomena CANNOT be explained by the molecular theory of matter?

Expansion

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

Evaporation

Waves

Structure Of Matter And Kinetic Theory

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Swali 50 Ripoti

Which of the following statements are true about the spring balance and the chemical balance? i. both are used to measure the mass of an object. ii. either of them may be used to measure the weight of an object. iii. the spring balance works on the principle of Hooke's law while the chemical balance works on the principle of moments. iv. a change in gravity does the readings of a spring balance but not that of a chemical balance.

i, and iv

ii and iii

ii and iv

i, ii and iii

i and iii

Elasticity

Equilibrium Of Forces

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