physics

Calculate the magnitude of the force with which the ball is hit?

A ball of mass 0.1kg approaching a tennis player with a velocity of 10ms−¹, is hit back in the opposite…

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An object falls freely from a height of 25m onto the roof a building 5m high. Calculate the velocity with which the object strikes the roof (g=10ms−²)?

A. 17.3ms−² B. 20ms−² C. 24.5ms−² D. 125ms−² E. 200ms−² Correct Answer: Option B = 20ms−² Explanation v²=u²+2as = 0+2×(25−5)…

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It is always not possible to determine exactly and simultaneously the position and momentum of a particle. This statement is known as the

A. De Broglie's law B. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle C. Compton effect D. Frank-Hertz experimental law E. Wave-particle paradox Correct Answer:…

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What is the ratio of the number of the remaining atoms of X to that of Y after 200 years?

Two radioactive elements X and Y have half-lives of 100 and 50 years respectively. Samples of X and Y initially…

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The frictional effect between the layers of a moving fluid is called?

A. capillarity B. turbulence C. diffusion D. osmosis E. viscosity Correct Answer: Option E - viscosity

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The process of increasing the energy of an atom via inelastic collision with an electron is known as?

A. ionization B. excitation C. field emission D. photoemission E. thermionic emission Correct Answer: Option B - excitation

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The diagram above represents a section of a pair of vernier calipers. The reading on the instrument is

A. 5.22 cm B. 5.24 cm C. 5.26 cm D. 5.35 cm Correct Answer: Option C - 5.26 cm

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Which of the following explains the concave meniscus of water in a clean glass tube? the

A. adhesion between water and glass molecules is greater than the adhesion between water molecules B. cohesion between water molecules…

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The direction of the magnetic field at a point in the vicinity of a bar magnetic is?

A. along the line joining the point to the neutral point B. always away from the south pole of the…

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