Motion - Jamb Physics Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 1985

If a car starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration of 10ms^-2 for ten seconds, the distance it covers in the last one second of its motion is

A. 95m
B. 100m
C. 500m
D. 905m
E. 1000m

Question 32:

• JAMB 1985

A block of mass 2.04kg resting on a smooth horizontal plane is acted upon simultaneously by two-forces, 10N due North and 10N due East. The magnitude of the acceleration produced by the force on the block is

A. 0.10ms^-2
B. 7.07ms^-2
C. 10.00ms^-2
D. 14.10ms^-2
E. 20.00ms^-2

Question 33:

• JAMB 1985

Which of the following is NOT a force?

A. Friction
B. Tension
C. Upthrust
D. Weight
E. Impulse

Question 34:

• JAMB 1985

A 0.05kg bullet travelling at 500ms^-1 horizontally strikes a thick vertical wall. It stops after penetrating through the wall horizontal distance of 0.25m. What is the magnitude of the average force the wall exerts on the bullet?

A. 25N
B. 50N
C. 250N
D. 500N
E. 25 000N

Question 35:

• JAMB 1985

The graph in the fig above describes the motion of a particle. the acceleration of the particle during the motion is

A. 0.00ms^-2
B. 0.25ms^-2
C. 4.00ms^-2
D. 8.00ms^-2
E. 10.00ms^-2