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Physics Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Physics Questions

Question 1:
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 before it hits the wooden block.
  • A 450ms-1
  • B 400ms-1
  • C 300ms-1
  • D 250ms-1
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Question 2:
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 before it hits the wooden block.
  • A 450ms-1
  • B 400ms-1
  • C 300ms-1
  • D 250ms-1
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Question 3:
The velocity of a sound wave at 27oC is 360ms-1. Its velocity at 127oC is
  • A 120√3 ms-1
  • B 240 ms-1
  • C 240√3 ms-1
  • D 720√3 ms-1
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Question 4:
The physical quantity that has the same dimensions as impulse is
  • A Energy
  • B Momentum
  • C Surface tension
  • D Pressure
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Question 5:
A ball is moving at 18ms-1 in a direction inclined at 60o to the horizontal. The horizontal component to its velocity is
  • A 9√3ms-1 ·
  • B 6√3ms-1 ·
  • C 8√3ms-1 ·
  • D 9ms-1 ·
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