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Physics Past Questions and Answers

Waec Physics Questions

Question 871:
A pulse of a sound is transmitted from a ship and the reflection from the sea bed is recorded after 0.2s. Calculate the depth of the sea. [Take speed of sound in sea water = 1560ms-1]
  • A 312.0m
  • B 156.0m
  • C 78.0m
  • D 31.2m
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Question 872:
When two notes of nearly equal frequencies are sounded together, a periodic rise and fall in sound intensity can be heard. This phenomenon can be called
  • A Beats
  • B Diffraction
  • C Overtones
  • D Resonance
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Question 873:
Which of the following instruments is not a wind instrument?
  • A Clarinet
  • B Saxophone
  • C Trumpet
  • D Xylophone
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Question 874:
Which of the following actions will not cause an increase in the frequency of a vibrating string?
  • A Increasing the tension of the string
  • B Decrease the mass per unit lengthof the string
  • C Decrease the length of the string
  • D Increasing the cross sectional area of the string
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Question 875:
Which of the following items can be used to compare the relative magnitudes of electric charges on two bodies?
  • A Ebonite rod
  • B Gold leaf electroscope
  • C Proof plane
  • D The electrophorus
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