JAMB Physics 1990 Past Questions

Which of the following is a fundamental unit?

A car moving with a speed of 90kmh^-1 was brought uniformly to rest by the application of the brakes in 10s. How far did the car travel after the brakes were applied?

A particle of mass M which is at rest splits up into two. If the mass and velocity of one of the particles are m and v respectively, calculate the velocity of the second particle

Which of the following statements are correct about an object in equilibrium under parallel forces? i. the total clockwise moments of the forces about any point equals the total anti-clockwise moments about the same point. ii. the total forces in one direction equals the total forces in the opposite direction. iii. the resolved components along the x-axis equals the resolved components along the y-axis.

To keep a vehicle moving at a constant speed v, requires power P, from the engine. The force provided by the engine is

A stone of mass m kg is held h meters above the floor for 50s. The work done in joules over this period is

A body of mass 10kg rests on a rough inclined plane whose angle of tilt \(\theta\) is variable. \(\theta\) is gradually increased until the body starts to slide down the plane at 30^o. The coefficient of limiting friction between the body and the plane

An inclined plane which makes an angle of 30^o with the horizontal has a velocity ratio of

What is the length of liquid column in a barometer tube that would support an atmospheric pressure of 102000Nm^-2 if the density of the liquid is 2600kgm^-3? [g = 10ms^-2]

40m³ of liquid is mixed with 60m³ of another liquid Q. If the density of P and Q are 1.00kgm^-3 and 1.6kgm^-3 respectively, what is the density of the mixture?

The resistances of platinum wire at the ice and steam points are 0.75 ohm and 1.05 ohm respectively. Determine the temperature at which the resistance of the wire is 0.90 ohm

A bar of initial length /₀ is heated through a temperature change \(\Delta\)t to a new length I. The linear expansivity, a, of the bar is

The pressure of a gas when cooled at constant volume will decrease because the molecules

1kg of copper is transferred quickly from boiling water to a block of ice. Calculate the mass of ice melted, neglecting heat loss. [specific heat capacity of copper 400Jkg^-1K^-1 and latent heat of fusion of ice 333 x 10³Jkg^-1]

Which of the following conditions will make water boil at a temperature of 100^oC when the atmospheric pressure is 750mmHg?

Which of the following statements? i. land and sea breezes are natural convection currents. ii. convection may occur in liquids or gasses but not in solids. iii. the vacuum in a thermos flask prevents heat loss due to convection only.

A light wave of frequency 5 x 10¹⁴Hz moves through water which has a refractive index of \(\frac{4}{3}\). Calculate the wavelength in water if the velocity of light in air is 3 x 10⁸ms^-1

A wave disturbance travelling in air enters a medium in which its velocity is less than that in air. Which of the following statements is true about the wave medium?

Shadows and eclipses result from the

An object which is 3cm high is placed vertically 10cm in front of a concave mirror. If this object produces an image 40cm from the mirror, the height of the image is

A boy looks at the image of an object in a plane mirror. He observes two images, a main bright one and the other faint. The observed images result from

What must be the distance between an object and a converging lens of focal length 20cm to produce an erect image two times the object height?

For a short sighted person, light rays from a point on a very distant object is focused

When light is incident on an object which is magenta in colour, which of the following colour would be absorbed?

In a resonance tube experiment, the effective length of the air column for the first resonance is 20cm when set into vibration by a tuning fork of frequency 480Hz. Neglecting and effect, the velocity of sound in air is

An organic pipe closed at one end is 80cm long. Determine the frequency of the fundamental note assuming that the speed of sound in air is 340ms^-1

A sonometer wire of length 100cm under a tension of 10N, has a frequency of 250Hz. Keeping the length of the wire constant, the tension is adjusted to produce a new frequency of 350Hz. The new tension is

One of the properties of the earth's magnetic field is that the

Which of the following statements are true of an insulated charged body carrying positive charge? i. it contains excess positive charges. ii. it creates an electric field. iii. it possesses potential energy. iv. it carries electric current.

Which of the following is a vector?

Three cells each of e.m.f. 1.5v and an internal resistance of 1.0\(\Omega\) are connected in parallel across a load resistance of 2.67\(\Omega\). Calculate the current in the load?

When a known standard resistor of 2\(\Omega\) is connected to the 0.0cm end of a meter bridge, the balance point is found to be at 55.0cm. What is the value of the unknown resistor?

The total energy required to send a unit positive charge round a complete electrical circuit is the

Which of the following is an essential physical property of the wires used for making fuses?

Which of the following is most suitable for protecting the circuit of 2000W electric iron connected to a 250V mains?

Electrical power is transmitted at a high voltage rather than low voltage because the amount of energy loss is reduced due to

A lamp is rated 240V, 60W. The resistance of the filament is

A 0 - 10mA galvanometer with a coil resistance of 30\(\Omega\) can be converted to a 0 - 10A ammeter by using

The number of neutrons contained in the nucleus \(^{238}_{92}U\) is

What precaution should a manufacturer take to ensure that energy loss in a transformer is minimized?

A substance has a half of 3mins. after 6mins. the count rate was observed to be 400. What was its count rate at zero time?

The photocell works on the principle of the

What is the reading of the vernier scale above

Two horizontal forces, 10N and 8N and another force F1 inclined at 30 to the vertical acting as shown in the diagram above, keep the body P in equilibrium, The weight of the body is

What is the average velocity of the sprinter whose velocity time graph is as shown above

A force of 5N act at a point Y on a rod XYZ as shown in the diagram above, if XY is 2m. What is the moment of the force about point X?