SS3

PHYSICS

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1.The magnetic meridian at a place is the

(a)plane at right angles to the direction of the Earth's magnetic flux.

(b)plane containing the longitude of the place and the Earth's axis.

(c)horizontal plane containing the latitude of the place.

(d)vertical plane containing the magnetic axis of a freely suspended magnet under the action of the
Earth's field

(e) direction in which a dip angle will set when placed at that place.

2.The magnetic force on a charge moving in a magnetic field is given by

(a) F= Vqx B

(b) F= BV Xq

(c) F=qVxB

(d)F= BxqV

3.The force on a charge travelling in a magnetic

field is maximum when charge is

(a)moving parallel to the field

(b)moving perpendicular

(c)moving at 60° to the field

(d)stationary in the field.

(e)moving at 45° to the field

4.The angle of dip is

(a) 0' along the geographic equator and 90° at the geographic poles.
(b)90° along the equator and 0° at the geographic poles

(c) O' along the magnetic equator and 90 at

the magnetic poles

(d) 90° along the magnetic equator and 0° at the magnetic poles

(e) 90° along the magnetic equator and 0° at the geographic poles.

5.Which of the following statements is

CORRECT about the earth's magnetic field?

(a) The angle of dip is the angle which a

freely suspended magnet makes with the vertical.

(b)The angle of declination is the angle between the magnetic meridian and the

geographic meridian.

(c) The angle of declination is the angle

which a magnetic compass makes with the magnetic meridian.

(d) The angle of inclination is the difference between the angle of dip and the angle of declination.

6.In which of the following groups are the radiations arranged in the increasing order of their
wavelength?

(a)Radio waves, gamma rays, X-rays

(b)X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves

(c) X-rays, radio waves, gamma rays

(d)Gamma rays, radio waves, X-rays

(e)Gamma rays, X-rays, radio waves.

7.Which of the following statements is not correct?

(a) X-rays have a smaller wavelength than ultraviolet rays.

(b) Ultraviolet rays have shorter wavelength

than visible light.

(c)Gamma rays are less penetrating than X- rays

heating effect.

(e)Gamma rays travel in straight lines.

8.A work of 30 Joules is done in transferring 5

milliCoulombs of charge from a point B to a

point A in an electric field. The potential difference between B andA is

(a) 1.7X 10-4 V

(b) 1.5x 10- 1V

(c)3.4×10-4 V

(d)6.0x103 V

(e)1.2x 104 V

9. A charge of 1.0x 10-5 Coulombs experiences a force of 40 N at a certain point in space. What is the
elcctrical field intensity?

(a)8.00 x 106 NC-1

(b)4.0x106 NC-1

(c)4.00 x 10-4 NC-1

(d)2.5x 10-7 NC-1

(e)2.0x 10-4 NC-1

10.If the angle of declination in a place is 10°

calculate the true geographic bearing if the

compass needle rcads N 40° E.

(a)N50°E

(b) N30°E

(c)N25°E

(d)N40°E
(e)N35°E

11. NigeriaSat- was launched on

(a) 27 September 2003

(b)30 December 2002

(c)2 February 2005

(d) 3 March 2003

12. NigeriaSat- 1 can help Nigerian government

solve one of the following needs:

(a) build industries

(b) Develop space technology

(c) disaster management

(d) to be ICT compliant

13. One of the following options summarizes the

function of NigComSat-1:

(a)Earth's observation

(b)comnmunication

(c)disaster monitoring

(d)Delectric power generation

14.Which of the following are semiconductors?

(a) Copper (b) Silicon

(c)Iron(d) Gemanium

(e) Plastic

15.Which of the following statements is/are not

corect?
(a) The carriers of electricity in a metal are electrons

(b)The carriers of electricity in an electrolyte are positive and negative ions.

(c)The carriers of electricity in semiconductor are electrons and ions.

(d)The carriers of electricity in semiconductor are electrons and holes.

(e)The resistance of a semiconductor is more

than that of an insulator at the same temperature.

16. Which of the following statements is/are not

correct?

(a)The resistance of a pure conductor increases with temperature.

(b)The resistance of a semiconductor increases with rise in temperature.

(c) The resistance of a semiconductor decreases with rise in temperature.

(d)The conductivity of a semiconductor increases with rise in temperature.

(e) The conductivity of a semiconductor is affected by temperature.

17.The electrochemical equivalent of platinum is

5 x10-7 kgC. To plate-out 1. 0 kg of platinum, a current of 100 A must be passed

through an appropriate vessel for

(a)5.6 hours (b) 56 hours

(c) 1.4x 104 hours

(d)2.0x 104 hours.

18.The electrochemical equivalent of a metal is

0.126x 10 kgC. The mass of the metal that a current of 5 A will deposit from a

suitable bath in l hour

(a)0.0378 x 10-3kg

(b)0.378 x 10-3 kg

(c) 0.595 x 10-3 kg

(d)0.227 x 10-3 kg
(e) 2.268 x 10-3kg

19. When a metal is heated to a high temperature,

electrons are emitted frOm its surface. This process is known as

(a)photoelectric emission

(b)artificial radioactivity

(c)field emission

(d)secondary emission (e)thermionic emission

20. Which of the following is not true of a discharge tube?

(a) The pressure of gas must be very low

(b) The glass tube must have two electrodes at the end

(c)The gas in the tube must be carbon dioxide

(d)Air is gradually pumped out of the tube

(e) The coating on the walls of the tube at a certain stage glows.

21. In electrolysis, a current I flows for 20 minutes and deposits a mass m of silver on the cathode. A
current 2I flowing for 5 minutes will deposit a mass of sliver of

(a) 2m (b) 4m (c) m/2 (d) m

22.A charge of one coulomb liberates 0.0033g of copper in an electrolytic process. How long will it take a
current of 2A to liberate 1.98g of copper in such a

process? (a) 5 minutes (b) 30 minutes (c) 60 minutes (d) 120 minutes

23. The radius of the earth is 6.4x 106m and the acceleration due to gravity is 1Om/s2. The escape
velocity of a rocket launched from the earth's surface is (a) 4.2km-1 (b) 4.0 km-1 (c) 11.3 km-1 (d) 25.3
km-1

24.The electric field strength at a point close to and lying along the axis of a solenoid, will be greatest if
the core of the solenoid is made of (a) brass (b) iron (c) copper (d)steel.
25. The angle between the geographic and the magnetic meridians at a point on the earth's surface is (a)
90° and 0° (b) 0° and 90°(c) 0° and 0° (d) 90° and 90°

26.Which of the following connections will convert a milliameter into a voltmeter? (a) a high series
resistance (b) a high parallel resistance (c) a low series resistance (d) a low parallel resistance

27. A satellite is in a parking orbit if its period is (a) equal to the period of the earth (b) less than the
period of the earth (c) the square of the period of the earth (d) more than the period of the earth

28. The magnitude of the gravitational attraction between the earth and a particle is 40N. if the mass of
the particle is 4kg, calculate the magnitude of the gravitational field intensity of the earth on the particle.
(a) 10.0Nkg-1. (b) 12.6Nkg-1. (c) 25.0Nkg-1 (d)160.0Nkg-1

29.A magnetic substance can be demagnetized by? (a) Dropping on the floor (b) hammering while red
hot (c)divided touch (d) single touch.

30.A freely suspended needle compass needle on earth's surface will come to

rest in a plane called. (a) geographic equator. (b) geographic meridian (c) magnetic equator. (d)
magnetic meridian

31.The force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field is greatest when the

(a) the conductor makes an angle of 60° with the field (b) force is independent of the angle between the
field and the

conductor (c) conductor is parallel with the field (d) conductor is at right angle

with the field.

32. The mouthpiece of a telephone primarily converts sound energy to (a) mechanical energy (b) heat
energy. (c) electrical energy. (d) chemical energy

33. A p-type semiconductor is

(a). positively charged

(c). electrically neutral

(d). not used in semiconductor devices

34.For n-type semiconductor, the doping

material is

(a). tetravalent

(b). pentavalent

(c). trivalent

(d). bivalent

35. What is a DISADVANTAGE of LED lights over LASER lights?

(a). Non-coherent light source

(b). Hardly available

(c). Consuming more power

(d). Costlier than LASER

36.Which material is preferred for making the core of a fibre-optic cable?

(a). Air

(b). Diamond

(c). Glass

(d). Quartz

37. On which principle does an optical fibre work?

(a) Scattering of light

(b) Total internal absorption

(c) Total internal reflection

(d) Optical rotation

(e) None of the above

fibre-optics involves basic steps. Arrange

the steps in the correct order.

(a) relaying the signal along the fibre

(b) creating the optical signal involving the

use of a transnmitter

(c) receiving the optical signal

(d) converting it into an electrical signal

(a) a-b -c-d

(b) b-a -c-d

(c) d-a -c -b

(d) c-b -a -d

39.If the number of valence electrons in an

atom is less than 4, what is the substance called?

(a) a conductor

(b) a semiconductor

(c) neutral

(d) a bad conductor

40. Laser beam is highly intense, monochromatic and coherent, and can be

used in monochromatic light and the experiments for the phenomenon of

(a) polarization of light

(b) interference of light

(c) diffraction of light

(d) scattering of light

THEORY
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any four(4) questions

1. The average radius of Jupiter's orbit round the sun of mass 2 x 103Kg is 7.8 x1011m. If the mass of
Jupiter is 1.9 x 1027kg, find the gravitational force the sun exerts on Jupiter, G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2kg-2

2. If the mass of a portion is 1.67 x 10-27kg and the mass of an electron is 9.11 x10-31 kg, calculate the
force of gravitation

between:

i. a proton and an electron

ii. two electrons

iii. two protons.

Take G= 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2kg-2, distance

between the protons = 4.Om., distance between the electrons = 2 x 10-2m,

distance between the proton and the electron = 5.4 x 10-11m

3.(a) Name two industrial applications of electrolysis.

(b)Calculate the time taken to deposit 1.5 6 g of nickel using a current of 2.34 A in a nickel-plating
process. (Assume that 1.20g of nickel are deposited per ampere-hour).

(c) The cathode plate of a copper voltameter gains 1.65 g of copper in 20 minutes. Determine the
average current. (e.c.e. of copper = 0.00033g/C).