Jamb Physics 2023 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 2023

An object is placed 35 cm away from a convex mirror with a focal length of magnitude 15 cm. What is the location of the image?

A. 26.25 cm behind the mirror
B. 10.5 cm behind the mirror
C. 26.25 cm in front of the mirror
D. 10.5 cm in front of the mirror

Question 2:

• JAMB 2023

A relative density bottle has a mass of 19 g when empty. When it is completely filled with water, its mass is 66 g. What will be its mass if completely filled with alcohol of relative density 0.8?

A. 47 g
B. 52.8 g
C. 37.6 g
D. 56.6 g

Question 3:

• JAMB 2023

How much work is done against the gravitational force on a 3.0 kg object when it is carried from the ground floor to the roof of a building, a vertical climb of 240 m?

A. 7.2 kJ
B. 4.6 kJ
C. 6.8 kJ
D. 8.4 kJ

Question 4:

• JAMB 2023

A beam of light travelling in water is incident on a glass which is immersed in the water. The incident beam makes an angle of \(40^o\) with the normal. Calculate the angle of refraction in the glass.

[Refractive index of water = 1.33, Refractive index of glass = 1.5]

A. \(29.36^o\)
B. \(25.37^o\)
C. \(37.21^o\)
D. \(34.75^o\)

Question 5:

• JAMB 2023

An open-tube mercury manometer is used to measure the pressure in a gas tank. When the atmospheric pressure is 101,325 \(P_a\), what is the absolute pressure in \(P_a\) in the tank if the height of the mercury in the open tube is 25 cm higher. density of mercury = \(13600kg/m^3, g = 9.8m/s^2\)

A. 108,986 Pa
B. 165,238 Pa
C. 122,364 Pa
D. 134,645 Pa