Motion - Jamb Physics Past Questions and Answers

Question 126:

• JAMB 2009

I. The motion of the tyres of a moving car.
II. The motion of a loaded test tube oscillated
vertically.
III. The beating of the heart.
IV. A stone tied to a string and whirled round.
V. The motion of the pistons in a gasoline engine.
Which of the motions above is simple harmonic?

A. III, IV and V only
B. II, III and V only
C. II, III and IV only
D. I,II and III only

Question 127:

• JAMB 2009

An air craft attempt too fly due north at 100 kmh^-1. If the wind blows against it from east to west at 60 kmh^-1, its resultant velocity is

A. 117 kmh^-1, N31^oE
B. 127 kmh^-1, N31^oE
C. 117 kmh^-1, N31^oW
D. 127 kmh^-1, N31^oW

Question 128:

• JAMB 2009

A car accelerate uniformly from rest at 4 ms^-2. How far will it travel in the fifth complete second?

A. 100 m
B. 50m
C. 32 m
D. 18 m

Question 129:

• JAMB 2009

A body of mass 12kg traveling at 4.2ms^-1 collides with a second body of mass 18kg at rest. Calculate their common velocity if the two bodies coalesce after collision

A. 1.5 ms^-1
B. 1.4 ms^-1
C. 2.1 ms^-1
D. 1.7 ms^-1

Question 130:

• JAMB 2010

Two cars moving in the same direction have speeds of 100 kmh^-1 and 130 kmh^-1 what is the velocity of the faster car as measured by an observer in the slower car?

A. 30 kmh^-1
B. 130 kmh^-1
C. 200 kmh[sup][/sup]
D. 230 kmh^-1