1998 JAMB UTME Physics Past Questions

1998

A bullet fired at a wooden block of thickness 0.15m manages to penetrate the block. If the mass of the bullet is 0.025kg and the average resisting force of the wood is 7.5 x 103N, calculate the speed of the bullet just b…

1998

A ball of mass 0.15kg is kicked against a rigid vertical wall with a horizontal velocity of 50ms-1. If it rebounced with a horizontal velocity of 30ms-1, calculate the impulse of the ball on the ball.

1998

In free fall, a body of mass 1kg drops from a height of 125m from rest in 5s. How long will it take another body of mass 2kg to fall from rest from the same height? [g = 10ms-1·]

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A ball is moving at 18ms-1 in a direction inclined at 60o to the horizontal. The horizontal component to its velocity is

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The physical quantity that has the same dimensions as impulse is

1998

The velocity of a sound wave at 27oC is 360ms-1. Its velocity at 127oC is

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In a wheel and axle mechanism the diameters of the wheel and axle are 40cm and 8cm respectively. Given that the machine is 80% efficient, what effort is required to lift a load of 100N?

1998

A parachute attains a terminal velocity when

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A man whose mass is 80kg climbs a staircase in 20s and expends power of 120W. Find the height of the staircase.[g = 10ms-2]

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A uniform meter rule weighing 0.5N is to be pivoted on a knife-edge at the 30cm-mark. where will a force of 2N be placed from the pivot to balance the meter rule?

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The force of attraction between two point masses is 10-4N when the distance between them is 0.18m. If the distance is reduced to 0.06m, calculate the force.

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A platinum resistance thermometer records 3.0\(\Omega\) at 0oC and 8.0\(\Omega\) at 100oC. If it records 6.0\(\Omega\) in a certain environment, The temperature of the medium is

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A solid of weight 0.600N is totally immersed in oil and water respectively. If the upthrust of oil is 0.210N and the relative density of oil is 0.875. Find the upthrust in water.

1998

The atmospheric pressure due to water is 1.3 x 106Nm-2. What is the total pressure at the bottom of an ocean 10m deep? [Density of water = 1000kgm-3, g = 10ms-2]

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Which of these statements are correct for the pressures in liquids? i. pressure in a liquid at a point acts equally in all directions. ii. pressure increases with depth. iii. pressure at a depth depends on the shape of t…

1998

The tendon in a man's leg is 0.01m long. If a force of 5N stretches the tendon by 2.0 x 10-5m, calculate the strain on the muscle.

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A vapour is said to be saturated when

1998

How many grams of water at 17oC must be added to 42g of ice at 0oC to melt the ice completely? [specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.4 x 105Jkg-1, specific heat capacity of water = 4200Jkg-1k-1]

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A 500W heater is used to heat 0.6kg of water from 25oC to 100oC in t2 seconds. If another 1000W heater is used to heat 0.2kg of water from 10oC to 100oC in t, seconds, find \(\frac {t_1}{t_2}\)

1998

A gas has a volume of 100cm3 at 27oC. If it is heated to temperature T until a final volume of 120cm3 is attained, calculate T

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