Jamb 2016 Physics Past Questions And Answers
What will happen to the pressure of a gas if its temperature is reduced to -273oC?
- A. It will decrease
- B. it will drop to zero
- C. It will increase
- D. It will remain constant
A manometer is an instrument used for measuring
- A. Relative density of liquid
- B. Pressure in liquids and gases
- C. Humidity
- D. Atmospheric pressure
Which of the following does Not use magnetic effect of current to function?
- A. Lead acid accumulator
- B. An electric bell
- C. A moving coil galvanometer
- D. A telephone receiver
Which of the following instruments can be used to measure current in an a.c circuit?
- A. Hot wire ammeter
- B. Moving coil ammeter
- C. Tangent galvanometer
- D. Moving coil galvanometer
If the distance between the object and the pinhole of a pinhole camera is reduced by half the size of the image of the object
- A. Is quadrupled
- B. Is halved
- C. Remains the same
- D. Is double
Vapour is said to be saturated on top of an enclosed liquid if _________
- A. The rate of condensation is greater than that of vapourization
- B. The rate of condensation is equal to that of vapourization
- C. There is neither condensation nor vaporization of the liquid
- D. The rate of condensation is less that that of vaporization
A charged particle is moving in a uniform magnetic field. if the direction of motion of the charged particle is parallel to the magnetic field, the path of the charge will
- A. Be a straight line
- B. Curve inwards
- C. Be a parabola
- D. Curve outwards
Shadows and eclipse result from the
- A. Reflection of light
- B. Rectilinear propagation of light
- C. Diffraction of light
- D. Refraction of light
Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the shortest wavelength?
- A. Visible Light
- B. Ultraviolet rays
- C. Infrared rays
- D. Gamma rays
A body which weighs 50N in air displaces 3.7kg of water when partially immersed in water. Calculate the upthrust on the body?
- A. 8.7N
- B. 37.0N
- C. 87.0N
- D. 13.0N