OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCES
3080
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
B RAIN SEMESTER 2017/2018 SESSION EXAMINATION
COURSE TITLE: GENERAL PHYSICS II CODE: PHY 102 UNIT: 3 Time: Hours
Instructions: Attempt Questions 1 – 35
Show all your workings in the space provided after each question (it will be graded) and
shade option corresponding to your answer on the objective sheet.
PLEASE DO NO DETACH ANY SHEET

NAME: ……………………………………………………………………………….
MATRIC NO:
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1. Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws are respectively statements of the lawsBof
conservation of (A) field and wave (B) energy and momentum (C) charge and
energy (D) proton and magnetron (E) energy and electron.
Use the information below to answer questions 2, 3 and 4

2. The current through the 5-Ω resistor is: (A) 4.28 A (B) 0.956 A (C)1.212A
(D) 2.141A (E) 0.324A
3. The current through the 4-Ω resistor is: (A) 1.14 A (B) 0.478 A (C) 0.804 A
(D) 1.106 A (E) 0.162 A
4. The current through the 8-Ω resistor is: (A) 0.478 A (B) 0.114 A (C) 0.106 A (D) 0.152 A
(E) 1.14 A
5. When two or more resistors are connected in series, all the statements below are correct
except i) The equivalent resistance is larger than the largest single resistance in the
circuit. ii) The equivalent resistance is smaller than the least single resistance in the
circuit. iii) The same current flows through each of the resistors. iv) The same potential
difference is applied across each of the resistors. v) When one of the resistors is open
circuited, current cannot flow through others. (A) i only (B) ii and iv (C) ii and iii
(D) iv and v (E) i and iii.
B
6. If two equal charges of 1 C, were separated in air by a distance of 1 km, what would be
the electric force between them? (A) 9 MN (B) 9 GN (C) 9 kN (D) 9 N (E) 9 TN

7. Three charges lie along the x-axis. The positive charge is at , and the negative charge is at
the origin. Where must a positive charge be placed on the x-axis so that the resultant force
on will be zero? (A) – 0.81 m (B) – 0.77 m (C) 0.809 m (D) 0.77 m (E) – 0.908
m

8. Tiny droplets of oil acquire a negative charge while dropping through a vacuum (pressure
= 0) in an experiment. Suppose a droplet of unknown mass that carries the charge of
remains suspended against gravity when . Determine the mass of the droplet? (A) (B)
(C) (D) (E) .

9. Calculate the magnitude of the flux of a constant electric field of in the z-direction
through a rectangle with area in the xy-plane. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 0

10. Find the equivalent capacitance of the group of capacitors shown below. (A) (B) (C) 10
(D) 6 (E) 13

Constants:
M = 1.00898U, M = 1.000759U nucleus mass = 4.00277. 1U = 931MeV
11. The nuclear radius of is (A) 4.1 fm (B) 2.0 fm (C) 1.0 fm (D) 2.5 fm
(E).5.0 fm

12. The ratio of the radii of and is (A) 2 (B) 3.9 (C) 4.5 (D) 2.9B
(E) 1

13. The energy released in the fission reaction + + + 3( ) is

(Given that /A values of 7.5 MeV for a = 235, 8.3 MeV for A = 140 and 8.5 MeV for
A =93) (A) 190 MeV (B) 20 MeV (C) 50 MeV (D) 30 MeV (E) 1 MeV

14. Nuclides with the same number of neutrons is called (A) isomers (B) isobar (C)
isotones (D) isotopes (E) atom
15. A radioactive substance gives 378 counts per minute at a certain time. 24 hours later the
count rate had fallen to 58 per minute. The half- life of the material is
(A) 10.0 hours (B) 5 hours (C) 2.5 hours (D) 2 hours (E) 8.89 hours

16. A wave is represented by y = 0.20 sin [0.4, where y and x are in cm and t is in s. Find
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the velocity of the wave in cms . (A) 120 (B) 60 (C) 24 (D) 4.8 (E) 8.4

17. The fundamental frequency of a closed pipe organ is 165 Hz. If the speed of sound in
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air is 330 ms , what is the length of the pipe in cm? (A) 200 (B) 100 (C) 75 (D) 50
(E) 25

18. Which of the following is a percussion instrument? (A) xylophone (B) piano (C) guitar
(D) trumpet (E) flute

19. The following are properties of electromagnetic (emt) waves except (A) travel at the
speed of light. (B) are transverse waves (C) The ratio of the electric field to the magnetic
field is equals to the speed of light. (D) both longitudinal and transverse. (E)
carry both energy and momentum.

20. A spherical satellite orbiting Earth is lighted on one side by the Sun, with intensity 340
2
W/m . If the radius of the satellite is 1.00 m, what power is incident upon it?
3 3 4 8 7
(A) 4.21 x 10 W (B) 2.03 x 10 W (C) 5.0 x 10 W (D) 2.0 x 10 W (E) 2.03 x 10 W
21. A convex lens of focal length 10 cm is used to form a real image which is half B
the
size of the object. How far from the object is the image? (A) 45 cm (B) 30 cm (C)
15 cm (D) 20 cm (E) 25 cm

22. A diverging lens of focal length 20 cm forms an image half the size of the object. What
is the object distance? (A) 11.11 cm (B) 100 cm (C) 60 cm (D) 8.71 cm (E) 20 cm

23. An object of height 3.0 cm is placed 10 cm in front of a biconvex lens of focal length 15
cm the image of the object is (A) real and 3.00 cm tall (B) virtual and 3.00 cm tall
(C) virtual and 9.00 cm tall (D) real and 9.00 cm tall. (E) virtual and 0.09 cm tall

24. The speed of light in air is 3 x 10 8

m/s. if the refractive index of light from air to water
8 8 2
is 4/3, calculate the speed of light in water (A) 2.25 x 10 m/s (B) 2.25 x 10 m/s
8 8 8 2
(C) 4.00 x 10 m/s (D) 4.33 x10 m/s (E) 4.00 x 10 m/s

25. When yellow a card is observed through a blue glass, the card appears as
(A) black (B) green (C) red (D) white (E) purple.
26. In a 60 o
prism of refractive index 1.5, calculate the angle of minimum deviation when
o o o o o
light is refracted through the prism (A) 40.2 (B) 37.5 (C) 37.2 (D) 40.5 (E) 40.6

27. A solenoid with 1000 loops is 40cm long. Find the magnetic flux density inside the
solenoid when a current of 5A is carried by its windings if the solenoid has an air core.
(A) 0.01571 T (B) 0.01871 T (C) 0.01971 T (D) 0.00171 T (E) 0.00071 T

28. A straight long wire carries a current of 2A in a magnetic field of 2 x 10 -4

T, at a point in
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air. Calculate its distance in air to the point. (A). 5 x 10 m (B). 2 x 10 m
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(C). 3 x 10 m (D). 1 x 10 m (E). 4 x 10 m
29. B
How many loops has an air core solenoid of length 20 cm. If the magnetic flux
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density is 3.14 x 10 T and it carries a current of 5 A by its windings?
(A) 100 (B) 1000 (C) 3000 (D) 500 (E) 2000

30. A 20 m length wire 1.5 mm in diameter has a resistance of 3.0 Ω. What is the resistance
of a 35 m length of wire 3.00 mm in diameter made of the same material?
(A) 1.43 Ω (B) 1.48 Ω (C) 1.34 Ω (D) 1.31 Ω (E)1.38 Ω

31. A simple generator has 100-loop square coil of side 6.0 cm. Calculate the angular
velocity and the frequency of rotation if it had field of 0.5 T and peak voltage 12.0 V
(A) 66.7rad/s : 10.6 Hz; (B) 65.7rad/s : 10.5 Hz; (C) 64.2rad/s: 10.2 Hz;
(D) 62.6rad/s : 10.0 Hz; (E) 64.7rad/s : 10.3 Hz;
32. A generator Vo = 50 volts and frequency 1.0 KHz is connected with a 10 Ω resistor,
2 mH inductor and 80 µF capacitor all in series. Determine the peak value of the current
in the circuit (A) 3.0 A (B) 3.4 A (C) 3.2 A (D) 3.8 A (E) 3.6 A

33. The image formed by a diverging lens of a real object is never: (A) erect (B) real
(C) smaller than the object (D) virtual (E) same as the object

34. The following are true about fundamental frequency of a vibrating string except:
(i) the shorter the string, the higher the frequency of the fundamental (ii) the lesser the
force applied, the higher the frequency of the fundamental (iii) the lighter the string, the
higher the frequency of the fundamental (iv) the higher the tension, the higher the
frequency of the fundamental (v) the heavier the string, the higher the frequency of the
fundamental (A) i, ii &iii (B) I, iii & v (C) i & iii (D) ii & v (E) iv &
v
35. A sound wave emitted from the bottom of a ship travels at 3500 ms vertically
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downwards through water to an ocean bed 900 m deep, and is reflected upwards. What is
the time interval between the instant the sound is emitted and the instant the echo is
o o o o o
received? (A) 60.4 (B) 66.4 (C) 82.0 (D) 80.2 (E) 70.6