JAMB MOCK

PREPARED BY MRDOF
Answer all questions
1. Which of the following is NOT a
vector quantity
A. Force B. Altitude C. Weight D.
6.
Displacement
Fig. 7
E. Acceleration.
In Fig. 7 above, QR is a vertical conductor
and thecurrent I flows from R to Q. P is a
2. The linear expansivity if brass is 2 x
-1 0 -1 point on thehorizontal plane and it to the
10 C . If thevolume of a piece of brass is
South of the wire.The direction of the
100cm3 at 00C, whatwill be its volume at
magnetic field at P due to thecurrent is
1000C?
A. Upward B. North C.
A. 10.02 cm3 B. 10.04 cm3 C.
3 South D. West E. East
10.06 cm D. 10.20 cm E. 102.00 cm3
3

3. The electrochemical equivalent of a

metal is 0.126x 10-6 kg/C. The mass of the
metal that a current of5A deposit from a
suitable bath in 1 hour is
A. 0.0378 x 10-3kg
B. 0.227 x 10-3kg
C. 0.378 x 10-3kg
D. 0.595 x 10-3kg
7.
E. 2.268 x 10-3kg
Fig. 11 above shows an inverted U-tube
with the open end, O of one limb below the
4. A piece of wood is floating on water.
level, W, of the water in a tank. In order
The forcesacting on the wood are
that water should begin to flow from the
A. Upthrust and reaction.
tank it is necessary that
B. Weight and reaction
A.The U-tube is completely filled with
C. Weight and upthrust
waterand P should be higher than W.
D. Upthrust and viscosity
B.P should be lower than O and W
E. Weight and viscosity.
C.P should be lower than W and O
shouldreach to the bottom of the vessel.
5. A force of 16N applied to a 4.0kg
D.The U-tube is completely filled with
block that is atrest on a smooth horizontal
waterand P should be lower than W
surface. What is the velocity of the block at
E.The U-tube is completely filled with
t = 5 seconds?
waterand O should reach the bottom of
A. 4 m/s B. 10 m/s C. 20 m/s D. 50
thevessel.
m/s E. 80 m/s
8. on which an effort of W Newtons supports a
load of 120.0N. If the efficiency of the
machine is 400, then the value of W is
A. 28.0 N B. 48.0 NC. 50.0 N
D. 288.0 N

10. A rectangular tank contains water to

a depth of 2m. if the base is 4m x 3m,
calculate the force on the base.(Density of
Fig 8 water = 103kg m-3, g = 10m s-2)
above represents an insulated cylindrical A. 2.4 x 105 N B. 2.4 x 104 NC.
coilor copper wire wound round a paper 2.0 x 104 N D. 1.7 x 103 N
tube. The ends of the coil are connected to
a sensitive galvanometer. When a magnet 11. A 1000kg elevator is descending
was plunged into the coil it was observed vertically with anacceleration of 1.0ms-2, if
that the galvanometer needle gave a the acceleration due to gravity is 10.0m/s2,
deflection. Which of the following correctly the tension in the suspending cable is
describes this experiment? A. 1.0 N B. 10.0 N C. 9
000.0 N D. 11 000.0 N
A. The effect illustrated is
inducedelectromotive force.
B. The strength of the current produced 12. Two objects, one having three times
isinversely proportional to the speed with the mass ofthe other, are dropped at the
which the magnet is plunged into the coil. same time from at tall building. When they
C. The direction of the current is alwayssuch are above the ground, the two objects will
as to enhance the change producing it. have the same
D. The galvanometer gave a permanent A. Momentum
deflection. B. Kinetic energy
E. On removing the magnet from the coil C. Potential energy
the galvanometer deflected in the same D. Acceleration.
direction.
13. A ball is thrown vertically into the air
with aninitial velocity u. What is the
greatest height reached?
U
A. /2 g
B. 3u2/2g
C. u2/g
D. u2/2g.

14. Which of the following assumptions

is made in asimple pendulum experiment?
The
9. Figure 4 A. Suspending string is inextensible
represents a block-and-tackle pulley system B. Bob has a finite size
C. Bob has a definite mass 2.0cm from the tooth. The radius of
D. Initial angle of oscillation must be curvature of the mirror is
large. A. 5.3 cm B. 3.2 cm C. 2.7 cm D. 1.6 cm.

20. What is the effect of the increase in

the size of thehole of a pin-hole camera on
the image? It
A. Gives a blurred image.
15. B. Corrects for chromatic aberration
A uniform metre rule QR is balanced on a C. Magnifies the image
knife edge which is 55cm from R. when a D. Brings the image into the sharper
mass of 10g is hung at P as shown in Fig. 2, focus.
the mass of the metre
rule is 21. If the inclination at Ibadan is 700S,
A. 550g B. 350g C. 70g D. 35g this means that
A. The angle between the geographic
meridian and the magnetic meridian at
Ibadan is 70
B. The earth’s resultant magnetic intensity
atIbadan makes angle 70 with the horizontal
direction
16. In Fig. 6, a ray of C. A magnetic needle will be inclined at 70
light in air strikes a glass plate at an angle of to the vertical at Ibadan.
incidence of 600C. The reflected ray is D. The north pole of a magnetic needle dips
observed to be perpendicular to the downwards at Ibadan.
refracted ray. What is the refractive index
of the glass? 22. Which of the following is most
A. 1.73 B. 1.50 C. 0.87 D. 0.57. strongly deflectedby a magnetic field?
A. gamma rays
17. A lens of focal length 12.0cm forms B. alpha particles
an uprightimage three times the size of a C. beta-particles
real object. The distance between the D. X-rays.
object and the image is
A. 8.0 cm B. 16.0 cm C. 24.0 cm D. 32.0 cm

18. If the refractive index of glass is 1.5,

what is thecritical angle at the air-glass
interface?
A. sin-1 ½ B. Sin-1 2/3
-1
C. Sin ¾ D. Sin-1 8/9
23. The
19. A dentist obtains a linear
wire X in the figure above is at right angles
magnification of 4 of ahole in a tooth by
to the plane of the paper and carries a
placing a concave mirror at a distance of
current into the paper. At which of the A. Polarization of light
point labeled 1 - 4 will the magnetic flux B. Refraction of light
density due to this current be in the same C. Interference of light
direction as that of the horizontal D. Dispersion of light
component of the earth’s magnetic field?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4. 29. A positively charged rod X is brought
near anuncharged metal sphere Y and is
24. A cell of internal resistance 2 ohms then touched by a finger with X still in place.
supplies current to a 6-ohm resistor. The When the finger is removed, the result is
efficiency of the cell is that Y has
A. 12.0 % A. A negative charge and a positive
B. 25.0 % potential
C. 33.3 % B. No charge and zero potential
D. 75.0 % C. A negative charge and a negative
potential
25. When a resistance R is across a cell, D. A positive charge and a zero potential
the voltage across the terminals of the cell
is reduced to two-thirds of its nominal 30. In a semiconductor junction diode,
value. The internal resistance as the depletion
of the cell is or barrier layer is forward-based, the layer
A. 1/3 R B. ½ RC. 2/3 R D. R A. Narrows B. Remains constant
C. Widens then narrows D. Widen.
26. If 16mA of current flows through a
conductorin one second, the number of 31. When a nucleus is formed by
electronstransported per second is bringing protons and neutrons together, the
A. 1.00 x 1020 B. 1.00 x 1717 C. 2.54 x 10-17 actual mass of the formed nucleus is less
D. 2.56 x 10-18 than the sum of the masses of the
[1 electronic charge = 1.6 x 10-19C] constituent protons and neutrons. The
27. energy equivalent of this mass difference is
the
A. Stability B. Lost energy C. Work
function D. Binding energy

32. In a fission process, the decrease in

mass is 0.01%.
How much energy could be obtained from
The the fission of 1.0g of the materials?
phase difference between waves P and Q A. 9.0 x 1010 J B. 6.3 x 1011 J C. 9.0 x 1011 J
inthe diagram above is D. 9.0 x 109 J [c = 3.0 x 108ms-1]
A. π /2 B. 2π C. π /4 D. π
33. A circuit has an area of 0.4m2 and
28. 37. The operation of an optical consists of 50loops of wire. If the loops are
fibre is based on the twisted and allowed to rotate at a constant
principal of angular velocity of 10 rads-1 in a uniform
magnetic field of 0.4T, the amplitude of the the material is 4 days, what would the
induced voltage is count rate be 16 days later?
A. 80V B. 20V C. 8V D 16V A. 50 count/min B. 25/ count/min C. 200
count/min D. 100 count/min.
34. When an alternating current given
by I = I0sin(120w) passes through a 12 ohms 39. Fluorescent tubes produce light by
resistor, the power dissipated in the resistor the
is A. Refraction of light by gas molecules
A. 120W B. 20W C. 600W D. 1200W B. Excitation of gas molecules
C. Conduction of solar energy
35. The major difference between a D. Thermal agitation of electrons in the
puresemiconductor and a pure metal is that tube.
A. The resistance of a metals increases with
temperature, while for semiconductors, it is 40. In a reverse biased junction diode,
the reverse current flowsin by
B. Metals are harder than semiconductors A. Electrons alone B. Majority carriers C.
C. Metals have for bidden gaps Minority carriers D. Positive holes alone
whilesemiconductors have not
D. While the resistance of metals decreases {Good luck in your real UTME}
with temperature, the reverse is the case
forsemiconductors.

36. If the uncertainty in the

measurement of the position of a particle is
5 x 10-10m, the uncertainty in the
momentum of the particle is
A. 3.30 x 10-44Ns
B. 3.30 x 10-24Ns
C. 1.32 x 10-44Ns
D. 1.32 x 10-24Ns
[h = 6.6 x 10-34Js]

37. In the calibration of an ammeter

using Faraday’s laws of electrolysis, the
ammeter reading is kept constant at 1.20A.
If 0.990g of copper is deposited in 40
minutes, the correction to be applied to the
ammeter is
A. 0.05A B. 0.06A C. 0.03A D. 0.04A
[e.c.e. of copper = 3.3 x 10-4gC-1]

38. The count rate of a radioactive

material is 800count/min. If the half-life of