Physics JAMB Questions and Answers 2023

[Numbers 1 – 10]
1. Which of the following represents the correct precision if the length of a piece of wire
is measured with a meter rule?
A. 35mm        B. 35.0mm
C. 35.00mm   D. 35.01mm
2. Which of the following is most strongly deflected by a magnetic field?
A. γ-rays           B. α-rays
C. β-particles    D. X-rays
3. A substance has a half-life of 3min. After 6mins, the count rate was observed to be
600. What was its count rate at zero time?
A. 200            B. 1200
C. 1600          D. 2400
4. A light of energy 5eV falls on a metal and electrons with a maximum kinetic energy of
2eV are ejected. The work function of the metal is
A. 0.4eV          B. 2.5eV
C. 3.0eV          D. 7.0eV
5. If an object is placed in front of two mirrors inclined at 90 o, how many images will be
formed?
A. Five         B. Four
C. Three      D. Two
6. A 12V battery has an internal resistance of 0.5Ω. If a cable of 1.0Ω resistance is
connected across the terminals of the battery, the current drawn from the battery is
A. 16.0A         B. 8.0A
C. 0.8A           D. 0.4A
7. If two parallel wires carry currents flowing in the same direction, the conductors will
A. attract each other
B. repel each other
C. both move in the same direction
D. have no effect on each other
8. From the generating station to each sub-station, power is transmitted at a very high
voltage so as to reduce
A. eddy current loss
B. hysteresis loss
C. heating in the cables
D. magnetic flux leakage
9. Two tuning forks of frequencies 256Hz and 260Hz are sounded close to each other.
What is the frequency of the beats produced?
A. 516Hz          B. 258Hz
C. 4Hz              D. 300Hz
10. The eye controls the amount of light reaching the retina by adjusting the
A. cornea        B. iris
C. retina          D. optic nerve
Answers to Physics Question Number 1 – 10
1.B    2.C   3.D   4.C    5.C
6.B    7.A   8.C   9.C    10.B
Physics JAMB Questions and Answers 2023
[Numbers 11 – 20]
11. Which of the following is a set of vectors?
A. force, mass and momentum
B. acceleration, velocity and momentum
C. mass, weight and density
D. mass, volume and density
12. A catapult used to hold a stone of mass 500g is extended by 20cm with an applied
force, F. If the stone leaves with a velocity of 40m/s, the value of F is
A. 4.0 ×102 N/m2     B. 2.0 × 103 N
C. 4.0 × 103 N          D. 4.0 × 104 N
13. A nuclear reaction initiated by adding neutron is called
A. nuclear fission
B. nuclear fusion
C. nuclear enrichment
D. radioactivity
14. The resultant of two forces acting on an object is maximum if the angle between
them is
A. 45o    B. 0o    C. 90o     D. 180o
15. 200g of water at 90°C is mixed with same quantity of water at 30°C. What is the final
temperature?
A. 50°C          B. 60°C
C. 70°C          D. 80°C
16. The equation PXVYTZ = constant is Charles law when
A. x=1, y=1, z=1      B. x=0, y=1, z=-1
C. x=1, y=0, z=-1     D. x=0, y=1, z=1
17. The thermometric substance of an absolute thermometer is
A. alcohol         B. mercury
C. helium          D. platinum
18. Dispersion of light by a glass prism is due to the
A. different hidden colours of the glass
B. different speeds of various colours in glass
C. defect in the glass
D. high density in glass
19. When an atom loses or gains a charge, it becomes
A. an electron        B. an ion
C. a neutron          D. a proton
20. To convert an ac dynamo to dc dynamo, the
A. number of turns of the coil is increased
B. slip rings are replaced with a split-ring commutator
C. number of turns of the coil is reduced.
D. split-ring commutator is replaced with slip rings
Answers to Physics Question Number 11 – 20
11.B   12.B   13.A    14.B    15.B
16.B   17.B   18.B    19.B    20.B
Physics JAMB Questions and Answers 2023
[Numbers 21 – 30]
21. The unit of inductance is the
A. Farad     B. Hertz
C. Henry    D. Coulomb
22. A machine whose efficiency is 60% has a velocity ratio of 5. If a force of 500N is
applied to lift a load of P(N), what is the magnitude of P?
A. 750N     B. 4166N
C. 500N     D. 1500N
23. A mass of gas at 7°C and 70cm of mercury has a volume of 1200cm 3. Determine its
volume at 27°C and a pressure at 75cm of mercury.
A. 1200cm3     B. 1378cm3
C. 4320cm3     D. 4629cm3
24. A beam of light is incident from air to water at an angle of 30°. Find the angle of
refraction if the refractive index of water is 4/3.
A. 15°         B. 18°
C. 22°         D. 240°
25. The wavelength of signal from a radio transmitter is 1500m and the frequency is
200KHz. What is the velocity of the propagation?
A. 3 ×108ms-2        B. 7 ×103ms-2
C. 3 ×104ms-2        D. 7ms-2
26. Find the frequencies of the first three harmonics of a piano string of length 1.5m, if
the velocity of the string is 120m/s.
A. 40Hz, 80Hz, 120Hz
B. 180Hz, 360Hz, 540Hz
C. 80Hz, 160Hz, 240Hz
D. 360Hz, 180Hz, 90Hz
27. The resistance of a piece of wire of length 20 cm and cross-sectional area 8 x
105 m2 and resistivity 4 x 10-7 Ωm is
A. 1.0 Ω       B. 10.0 Ω
C. 400.0 Ω   D. 1.0 × 10-13 Ω
28. An electric device is rated 2000W, 250V. The correct fuse rating of the device is
A. 8A         B. 9A
C. 7A         D. 6A
29. Determine the inductive reactance when a 30.0mH inductor with negligible
resistance is connected to a 1.3KHz oscillator
A. 39.0Ω       B. 122.5Ω
C. 245.0Ω     D. 39KΩ
30. The half-life of a radioactive element is 9days. Calculate the fraction that remains
after 36days.
A. 1/32          B. 1/16
C. 1/4            D. 15/32
Answers to Physics Question Number 21 – 30
21.C   22.D   23.A   24.C   25.A
26.A   27.D   28.A   29.C   30.B
Physics JAMB Questions and Answers 2023
[Numbers 31 – 40]
31. The energy stored in an inductor of inductance 5mH when a current of 6A flows
through it is
A. 9.0 x 10-3 J        B. 9.0 x 10-2J
C. 1.4 x 10-2 J        D. 1.8 x 10-2 J
32. An electric heater with a pd of 240V connected across its terminals has a total
resistance of 960Ω. Calculate power range of the heater
A. 0.25 W          B. 4.00 W
C. 38.40 W        D. 60.00 W
33. The time it will take a certain radioactive material with a half-life of 50 to reduce to of
its original number is
A. 250 days      B. 150 days
C. 300 days      D. 200 days
34. The unit of moment of a couple can be expressed in
A. Nm-1       B. Nm-2
C. Nm          D. Nm2
35. The resultant of two forces 12N and 5N is 13N. What is the angle between the two
forces?
A. 0°         B. 45°
C. 90°       D. 180°
36. A body of mass 12Kg traveling at 4.2ms-1 collides with another body of mass 18Kg
at rest. Calculate their common velocity if the two bodies coalesce after collision.
A. 1.5ms-1        B. 1.4ms-1
C. 2.1ms-1        D. 1.7ms-1
37. When the vapour of a substance is in equilibrium with its own liquid, it is said to be
A. gaseous         B. liquified
C. diffused         D. saturated
38. If the pressure of 100cm3 of an ideal gas is doubled while its Kelvin temperature is
halved, then the new volume of the gas is
A. 25cm3         B. 50cm3
C. 100cm3       D. 200cm3
39. The eye controls the amount of light reaching the retina by adjusting the
A. cornea          B. iris
C. retina            D. optic nerve
40. Transverse waves can be distinguished from longitudinal waves using the
characteristics of
A. diffraction        B. refraction
C. polarization     D. reflection
Answers to Physics Question Number 31 – 40
31.B   32.D   33.A   34.C  35.C
36.D   37.D   38.A   39.B  40.C