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Question 581

waec 2016

The mouth piece of a telephone handset converts

Aelectrical energy to sound energy

Bsound energy to electrical energy

Csound energy to radiowave

Dradiowave to sound energy

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Question 582

waec 2016

Resonance occurs when one vibrating object causes a second object to vibrate at its own natural

Aamplitude

Bspeed

Cfrequency

Dintensity

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Question 583

waec 2016

When a body is thrown vertically upwards, its velocity at the maximum height is

Amaximium

Bzero

Cdouble its initial value

Dhalf its initial value

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Question 584

waec 2016

A plank is placed along the path on which a wheel barrow containing sand is pushed at a construction site to prevent it from sticking as illustrated in the diagram given. The large area of the plank prevents the wheel barrow from getting stuck by

Aincreasing the reaction on the ground

Bincreasing the pressure on the ground

Cdecreasing the pressure on the ground

Ddecreasing the weight on the ground

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Question 585

waec 2016

A uniform metre rule is balanced on a fulcrum placed at the 35cm mark by suspending a mass of 120g at the 10cm mark. Calculate the mass of the metre rule.

A60g

B80g

C120g

D200g

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Question 586

waec 2016

At a birthday party, the celebrant pops a corked fruit wine. If the cork shoots out of the bottle at an angle of 40^o to the horizontal and travels a horizontal distance of 4.50m in 1.25s. Calculate the initial speed of the cork.

A4.2ms^-1

B4.7ms^-1

C5.6ms^-1

D7.1ms^-1

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Question 587

waec 2016

The two person of a body undergoing a uniformly accelerated motion are (10s, 10ms^-1) and (30s, 50ms^-1). On the velocity-time graph pf the body.

A0.5ms^-2

B2.0ms^-2

C10.0ms^-2

D40.0ms^-2

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Question 588

waec 2016

The diagram given illustrates a force-distance graph for the motion of a wooden block. Determine the work done on the block when moved through a distance of 5m.

A4J

B15J

C5J

D100J

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Question 589

waec 2016

An object of volume 400cm³ and 2.5gcm^-3 is suspended from a spring balance with half its volume immersed in water. Determine the reading on the spring balance. (Density of water = 1gcm^-3)

A1200g

B1000g

C800g

D400g

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Question 590

waec 2016

Which of the following substances lowers the surface tension of water?

Ametal

Bsand

Cdetergent

Dpaper

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Question 591

waec 2016

A ball is dropped from the top of a tower. Due to air resistance,it reaches terminal velocity. Which of the following statement(s) about its motion is/are correct? i. The acceleration of the ball is zero. ii. The net force on the ball is zero. iii. The velocity of the ball increases.

Ai only

Bi and ii only

Cii and iii only

Di, ii and iii

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Question 592

waec 2016

The diagram given, represents the graph of stress against strain for an elastic wire. The point Q on the graph is the

Aelastic linit

Bbreaking point

Cyield point

Dproportional limit

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Question 593

waec 2016

A student measures the volume of a liquid using a measuring cylinder. What else needs to be measured by the student in order to determine the density of the liquid?

Adepth of the liquid in the cylinder

Bmass of the cylinder

Cmass of the liquid

Dtempersture of the liquid

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Question 594

waec 2016

The dimensions of momentum are

AMLT

BML^-1T^-1

CMLT^-1

DML^-1T

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Question 595

jamb 2016

The frequency of beats produced when two tunning forks of frequencies 258Hz and 270Hz are sounded close to each other

A6Hz

B264Hz

C528Hz

D12Hz

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Question 596

jamb 2016

Which of the following statements is Not true about atoms?

AAtom of different elements have different atomic weights

BThe mass of an atom is concentrated in the nucleus

CAn atom is made up of a nucleus and number of electrons

DAtoms of all elements are identical

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Question 597

jamb 2016

In the diagram above, the direction of the force between N and S in the magnetic field is

AMP

BSN

CNS

DPM

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Question 598

jamb 2016

From the diagram above, the measuring accuracy of the micrometer screw gauge is

A4.78mm

B4.16mm

C4.66mm

D4.70mm

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Question 599

jamb 2016

In the diagram above, the neutral point is at

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Question 600

jamb 2016

In the diagram above, which of the following velocity-time graphs shows uniform acceleration of a body from rest?

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