JAMB Physics · Interaction of matter, space and time
Friction: JAMB Physics Past Questions and Answers
What the JAMB syllabus covers in Friction
Our summary: Static and dynamic friction, how to reduce it, and viscosity and terminal velocity.
- Static and dynamic friction
- Coefficient of limiting friction and its determination
- Advantages and disadvantages of friction
- Reduction of friction
- Qualitative treatment of viscosity and terminal velocity
- Stoke's law
Objectives
- differentiate between static and dynamic friction;
- determine the coefficient of limiting friction;
- compare the advantages and disadvantages of friction;
- suggest ways by which friction can be reduced;
- analyse factors that affect viscosity and terminal velocity;
- apply Stoke's law.
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JAMB Physics questions on Friction
- JAMB 2025The tangential force acting on an object that opposes it from sliding freely on the adjacent surface is called
- JAMB 2025A boat or airplane has a pointed front or head. This is to
- JAMB 2025A Force 18 N pulls a 40 kg mass on a horizontal floor at 0.3 ms ^ -2 . Find the coefficient of friction.
- JAMB 2024The friction due to air mass can be reduced by
- JAMB 2024The tangential force acting on an object that opposes it from sliding freely on the adjacent surface is called
- JAMB 2022Tyres are treaded to?
- JAMB 2022If an object just begins to slide on a surface inclined at 30º to the horizontal,the coefficient of friction is?
- JAMB 2021When the breaks in a car are applied, the frictional force on the tyres is?
- JAMB 2019The limiting frictional force between two surface depends on I. the gaseous reaction between the surfaces II. the nature of the surfaces in contact III. the…
- JAMB 2019The limiting frictional force between two surfaces depends on I. the cohesive force of the material II. the nature of the surfaces in contact III. the relative…
- JAMB 2019A boy pushes a 500kg box along a floor with a force of 2000N. If the velocity of the box is uniform, the co-efficient of friction between the box and the floor…
- JAMB 2018Palm oil from a bottle flows out more easily after it has been heated because the
- JAMB 2018The friction which exist between two layers of liquid in relative motion is called.
- JAMB 2012An object of mass 20kg slides down an inclined plane at an angle of 30o to the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction is? [g = 10 ms^ -2 ]
- JAMB 2011Which of the following could be effectively used to reduce friction?
Years with Friction questions in DeeepSolve's question bank
From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.
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