Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises LANJET Physics Paper 2 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a LANJET Physics Paper 2 examination.

  This paper tests mastery of geometrical optics, wave motion, electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, and modern/nuclear physics.

  • Month Administered: July 2026
  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 80 Marks
  • Structure:
    • Section A (25 Marks): Compulsory short structured questions
    • Section B (55 Marks): Compulsory extended analytical, graphical, and circuit questions

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A:
    • Pinhole camera magnification and alkaline vs. lead-acid secondary cells
    • Electromagnetism (solenoid magnetic polarity and spring-magnet interactions)
    • Wave characteristics (displacement-time graph analysis and frequency determination)
    • Electrical heating, power ratings, and fuse suitability
    • Electrostatics (electrostatic induction on gold leaf electroscopes)
    • Refraction of light (refractive index and speed of light in glass)
    • Ray optics (image construction using biconcave lenses, eye defects, and correcting lenses)
    • Current electricity (series and parallel resistor circuits) and laws of refraction
  • Section B:
    • High voltage electrical power transmission, current in cables, and transmission power losses
    • Photoelectric effect (kinetic energy vs. frequency graphical analysis, Planck's constant, work function, threshold frequency, and X-ray production)
    • Cathode rays and thermionic emission (CRO deflection plates operation vs. CRT television magnetic yokes)
    • Capacitors (series and parallel networks, equivalent capacitance, charge stored, and electrical energy stored)
    • Radioactivity and nuclear physics (radiation deflection in magnetic fields, Geiger-Müller tube discharge, nuclear fission equations, and nuclear reactor chain reactions)
    • Refraction through triangular glass prisms (Snell's law, critical angle, and total internal reflection)
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  PHYSICS
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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