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Question 21
jamb 2007
2 kg of water is heated with a heating coil which draws 3.5 A from a 200 V mains for 2 minutes. what is the increase in temperature of the water?


[specific heat capacity of water = 4200 jkg -1k-1]
A30°
B25°
C15°
D10°
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Question 22
jamb 2007
I. Use a liquid with a high melting point.
II. use a liquid of high volume expansivity.
III. use a capillary tube of large diameter.

which of the above best describes how the sensitivity of a liquid-in-glass thermometer can be enhanced?
AI only
BII. only
CI and II only
DII and III only
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Question 23
jamb 2007

A clinical thermometer is different from other mercury in glass thermometers owing to

Athe constriction on its stem
Bthe grade of mercury used in it
Cits long stem
Dits wide range of temperatures
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Question 24
jamb 2007

A piece of iron weights 250 N in air and 200 N in a liquid of density 1000 kgm-3. the volume of the iron is?

A5.0 x 10-3 m-3
B4.5 x 10-3 m-3
C2.5 x 10-3 m-3
D2.0 x 10-3 m-3
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Question 25
jamb 2007

A reservoir 500 m deep is filled with a fluid of density 850 kgm-3. If the atmospheric pressure is 1.05 x 105 Nm-2, the pressure at the bottom of the reservoir is.
[g = 10ms-2]

A4.72 x 106 Nm-2
B4.36 x 106 Nm-2
C4.28 x 106 Nm-2
D4.25 x 106 Nm-2
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Question 26
jamb 2007
A machine has a velocity ratio of 4. if it requires 800 N to overcome a load of 1600 N,what is the efficiency of the machine?
A60%
B50%
C40%
D2%
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Question 27
jamb 2007

Two spheres of masses 5.0 kg and 10.0 kg are 0.3 m apart. Calculate the force of attraction between them?
[G = 6.67 X 10-11 Nm2 Kg\(^{-2}\)]

A3.50 x 10-10N
B3.71 x 10-8 N
C3.57 x 10-2N
D4.00 x 102N
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Question 28
jamb 2007

A car of mass 1500 kg goes round a circular curve of radius 50m at a speed of 40 ms-1. The magnitude of the centripetal force on the car is ?

A4.8 x 104 N
B4.8 x 103 N
C1.2 x 103 N
D1.2 x 102 N
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Question 29
jamb 2007
A gramophone record takes 5s to reach its constant angular velocity of 4\(\pi\) rads-1 from rest. Find its constant angular acceleration.
A0.4\(\pi\) rads-2
B0.8\(\pi\) rads-2
C1.3\(\pi\) rads-2
D20.0\(\pi\) rads-2
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Question 30
jamb 2007
The unit of moment of a couple can be expressed in?
AN m-1
BN m-2
CN m
DN m2
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