2003 WAEC SSCE Physics Past Questions

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A piece of metal of relative density 5.0 weighs 60N in air. Calculate its weight when fully immersed in water

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A tuber of cassava can be processed into powder. This explains the face that

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A ball f mass 5.0kg hits a smooth vertical wall normally with a speed of 2ms-1. Determine the magnitude of the resulting impulse

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The mass on a loaded spiral spring oscillates vertically between two extreme positions P and R equidistant from the equilibrium position Q. Which of the following statements about the system is not correct

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The period of an oscillatory motion is defined as the

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A moving object is said to have a uniform acceleration if its

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A force acts on a body for 0.5s changing its momentum from 16.0kg ms-1 to 21.0kgms-1, calculate the magnitude of the force

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Which of the following statement about latent heat of vaporization is correct? It

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The heat capacity of a calorimeter is the amount of energy required to

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A metal rod of length 100cm is heated through 100oC, calculate the change in length of the rod [linear expansivity of the material of the rod is 3 x 10-6K-1]

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A platinum resistance thermometer has a resistance 4\(\Omega\) at 0oC and 100\(\Omega\) at 100oC. Assuming the resistance changes uniformly with temperature. Calculate the resistance of the thermometer when the temperatu…

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Which of the following condition is necessary for the occurrence of total internal reflection of light?

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A wave of weight length 0.30m travels 900m in 3.0s, calculate its frequency

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The volume of a given mass of an ideal gas at 327k and 9.52 x 104 Pa is 40cm3. calculate the volume of the gas at 273k and 1.034 x 105Pa.

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When the pressure of a fixed mass of gas is doubled at constant temperature, the volume of the gas is

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Which of the following pairs of rays shows the widest separation in the spectrum of white light?

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A converging lens has a focal length of 5cm. Determine its power

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The horizontal floor of a water reservoir appears to be 1.0m deep when viewed vertically from above. If the refractive index of water is 1.35, calculate the real depth of the reservoir

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A converging lens produces an image four times as large as an object placed 25cm from the lens. Calculate its focal length

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An object is placed on the principal axis and at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror, the image of the image formed by the mirror is

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