SC 5121 Name:
WASSCE (SC)2026 Index Number:
PHYSICS1
Objective Test
1hours
TIHE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCII
Vest African Senior School Certificate Exanination
(WASSGE
for School Candidates,
2025
PEX
Hhours
(SC)2025 RE PHY SICS
1
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21. Which
walls and
of the
following
ceilings
reasonscxplains
of astandard why the |
25. The diagram betaw shows a beam of
incident on a mirrorSuch a mirror can be
light
uscd
ussally ooveredwith
concert hall ar
perforated pads?To
A. increase the intensity of
sound waves
B. incruase the loudnessof
sound waves
C reduce the cffect of
reverberation of
sound waves
D. survcillance mirror.
decrease the frequencyof sound waves
B makeup mirror
22. A bucket of water of mass I0 kg C reflectorin microscope
is swung in
a vertical circle of radius I2 m whilc at the
D
depressing mirror
lowest position ofthe swing,its specd is S ms-l
26. Which of the following statcments about
Dcterminc thc tension in the string. (g 10ms)
stationary wave is not tnue
A. 41.7N
A Particles betwcen adjacent nodes vibrate
B 1417 N
out of phase with each other
208.3 N
Succcssive nodes or antinodes occur at
D. 308.3 N
intervals of halfa wavelength
Particles between adjacent nodes vibrate
23. A man's near point is 30 cm. Which of the
inphasc with cach other
following eve defects is the man likely tosuffer D Particles between adjacent modes huve
from? different amplitudes
A. Hypermetropia
27. In apipeclosed at ohe end and open at the
B Myopia
other end., the overtonesthat accómpany the
C Presbyopa
fundamentalfrequcncy are
D. Astigmatism
A odd integer multiplesof the fundanengal
24. White light can be produced by a combinationof frequcncy
Magenta, yellow and cyan B even integer multiples of the fundamental
Red, bluc and green ficqucncy.
IL Magenta and grcen C all integer multiples of the fundamental
IV. Yellow,red and green frequency
D. prime integermultiples ofthefundamental
A ll only frequcncy
B. L.|1 and Ill only
C. land IV only 28. A radioactive substance of mass 312.0g decays
the pumber of half-life
D. Il and 1ll only to 64,0 g. Determinc
involved in the decay
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 3
29. Tiwo vaveswill mterféro destructively ifthe path |
35. Ahospital
substancc att
receivcd 16gof a
1300hour GMW At1700 hour
radioactive
difference hetweenthe waves is
GMT. thc fraction of the Substa left
one wavelength. was Determinc the half-ifc of
undecaved 16
13
one-half wavclength. the substance.
C onc-quater wavelength,
D onc-cighth wavelength. A hours
4
B 2 hours
30. Which öf thc tölfowing statements aböut a step C 1 hour
up transformer is correct? It has D 0.5 hour
less number of turns in the primary coil to
situations pertains
than in the sccondary coil. 36. Which of the following
of motion?
more number of fums in the primarycoil Newton's third law
than in the sccondary coil. on the ground
A ball rolling
al nunnber of turns in the primary
cqual coil B An accelerating caf
and' thësecondary coil., into space
A rocket propellod
its primary coil far away from the D. of bicycle
Pedaling
sccondary coil
37. Thc force and velocity of a system are cach
The unit of magnetic flux density is by one-half, Thc power
31. roduccd simultancously
of the system is
A Tesla
13 Watt. A doubled.
Newton per metr. B reduced by a quarter.
D Coulomb. C reduced by half
D, constant,
32. Meters are installcd in houses to monitor and
cvaluate the cost of the clcctricity consumed. 38. A planc is inclined at 45° to the horizontal.
doos this meter mcasure? Calculate the velocity ratio of the plane
What physical quantity
Power A. 0.71
B. 1.00
Enegy
Voltage 141
D Current D 1.71
33. Thetypeal cnergy stored by a dry leclanche cell 39. Abody in aliftis moving down with acceleration
duc to gravity. Which of thefollowing statemcnts
is correct? Tho body
chemical.
A
B A weighs less than its weight.
eleetrieal
nuclcar it weight
B weighs nore than
D. thermal own weight.
C weighs exactly its
D is weightless.
34. Tlhe microphonetransforms cnergy from
clectrical to sound
sound to clectrical
cloctrical to mcehanical.
sound to mechnical
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13, Ayibrator is uscd to generate ripples in a ripplc digram below to answer question
Cse the ctrcuit
tank IF the distance bctween two successive 17and 18
troughs cm and thewave travels a distance
is 3.5 3.4
of 31.5Em in1.5s. Calculate the frequencyof
the vibrator.
3.0Ha
6.0 1fe
9.01te
120 - oroion olLOu h
14. Thc speed of light in mediumn A of refractive 17. The current passing through the 6 resistor is
index 1.5 is 2.0x 1O m-1, Determinc the speed [Link] the current in the3 2 resistor.
of light in medium Bof refractive index 1.2 A 120A
L8x108 msr
B 0.90 4
B 2.5 x 108 ms-l C. 0.75A
108 m-1 D 0,60A
2.7x
D 3.0 x 108 ms
18. Calculate the terminal p.d of the battery in the
15. The wavelength of a sound note travcling with a
diagram
spccd of 360ms-l is 600 m Deteminc the period 7.20
of the note. B 750 1
10.80 P
60.000 s
6.000 s
D 1.25
C
1.667se
0.167s 19. Which of the statements is correct about the
nucleus of anatom? It l t
is centrally
16. In which of thefollowing levers is the effort locatcd in the atom.
contains the nucicons andelectrons.
applicd between the load and the fulcrum?
II is positively changcd duc to the protons.
A. Plicrs
decavs vhen there is instability inside.
B. Whcelbarrow
C. Sugartongs
A L Il and IV only
Tablc
knilot B 1, II1, and IV only
I1, and IIl onfy
1,
D. and
I ll only
20. A radioactive clement of massl6g was isolated
and stored It was discovered that after 40 davs
onty lg of the element remaincd undecaycd.
Calculate the half-life of the clement.
A 2.5 days
B 5.0 days
C. 10.0 davs
D.
15.0 davs
The best colorof shirt in a lagged
to bo worn on a bright 9 A liquid mass 2 ky at 61°Cis kept
of
noon dav is :)9 of the same liquid
at 2 19C
vesscl. Ifanother 2 k
in the vessel, calculate tho
is added to the liquid
A Rod
temperature of the mixture.
final
B. Black
A 50 °C
C. Grocn
B. 41 °C
White
C 30 C
15 °C
Theimage formed when an objcct is placcd
betwccn the focus and centre ofa converging induccd
bclow indicate the current
lens is 10. The diugrams
ofrelutive motion bctwccn it
in a coil as a result
the diagrams
real, inverted and magnificd and a bar magnet. Which of
induccd current?
B and diminished the dircction of the
real, invertod illustratcs
crect, virtual and magnified
A
croct, virtual and diminishcd
B
6. For a chargcd body moving in an clectric and
magnetic crosscd ficld, the ratio of the electric
the magtetic lux density, B
NS
ficld intcnsity, to
is koown as D O
Lorcntz. rtio cach thermal
Iftwo bodicsA and Bare
in
11.
Changc ratio body C then the thre
cquilibrium with another
C Velocity sclector in thermal equilibrium witlh cach
bodics are
D. lectrochemicalcquivalence other 1his is the statenent of
an amplitude of Zeroth law of fhermodynamics
7. A note, K from a keyboard has
M of themodynamics
law
and frequency2000 //,Another note,
First
0.5cm
of L.5 cm and C. Second law of thefmgdynamics
from a guitar has an amplitude
D. Third law of thermodynamics
of the following
frequeney 20001/z Which
is true ifthe two notes arc copared? below
statemcnts voltage source in the circuit
12. A constant
louder than M supplics a sinusoidalaltemating [Link].. the
A Kis
are tho
B Mis louder than K voltages markcd against the components
peak valucs.
C Mhas a higher pitch than K
D. Kand M have the sume tinmbre
length 0.8 m is set
8. A simple pendulum of
onaplanct. Ifthe pendulum completes
oscillating
the acccleration
20 oscillations in 60 s, calculate
duc to gravity on this planct. [3.14| 6
e mf
2.5 of the applicd
A ms the peak value
Determinc
B 3.0 ms A 11.0
C 3.5 ms-2 B 90P
3.8 mms2 8.0
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Anxwer all the queslions
ollowed by four options letteredA lo D. Find the corect optlon for each question and
Each qnestipn is
answerspacewhich boars the same letter as Ihe option you have
shade in pencil on your cmSwer sheet. the
chosen Give pnly one answer to ench question, An exampleis given below
A bodystartsmoving with a specd of40 msl and accelerats uniformly to 90 m s in 4.0s.
Caleulate the distance travelled.
B I80 m
200 m
D 260 m
The correct answer is 260m, which is letered D. and theefore cnswer space D would be shaded.
Think yot shacle
|B| C| Sh to change.
carefiully before the answer spaces:erase completely any answer you
Do all rogh work on this question paper
Now answer the folleswing questions.
The diagram below illustrates a pulley system 2 The diagram below illustrates the force
to raisc a l0 kg load. Ifthe cfort Fnceded
uscd displacement graph ofa [Link] the work
to raise thc load is 70 N, calculate the eficicncy
donc during the first 20 mof motion.
of themachine. |lg t0 ms2)
Force/N
1
Displacenent/m
A. 1000J
B 825 J
750J
D S00.J
/10kg 3.
The dispersion of light would result in which of
A. 20.0% the following phenomena?
B 35.7%
50.0% Eclipse
D.
75,0% Shadow
Rainbow
D
Mirage