2012 - JAMB Physics Past Questions and Answers - page 1

In order to remove the error of parallax when talking measurements with a metre rule, the eye should be focused

A load is pulled at a uniform speed along a horizontal floor by a rope at 45^o to floor. If the force in the rope is 1500N, what is the frictional force on the load ?

Calculate the total distance covered by a train before coming to rest if its initial speed is 30ms^-1 with a constant retardation of 0.1m^-2

A car starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration of 30ms^-2 for 20s. Calculate the distance covered at the end of the motion

A rocket is fired from the earth's surface to a distant planet. By Newton's law of universal gravitation, the force F will

If a freely suspended object is pulled to one side and released, it oscillates about the point of suspension because the

An object moves in a circular path of radius 0.5m with a speed of 1ms^-1 What is its angular velocity?

An object of mass 20kg slides down an inclined plane at an angle of 30^o to the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction is?

[g = 10ms^-2]

A block and tackle is used to raise a load of 250N through a vertical distance of 30m. What is the efficiency of the system if the work done against friction is 1500J?

If a load of 1 kg stretches a cord by 1.2cm, what is the force constant of the cord? {g=10ms^-2}