KUSTWUDIL POSTUTME PASS QUESTION E-QUIZ

1. In the match against the uplanders team, the sub mariners turned out to be the dark horse

2. Only the small fry get punished for such social misdemeanors

3. He spoke with his heart in his mouth

4. The leader in today's issue of our popular newspaper focuses on inflation

5. From the ways my friend talks, you can see he is such a bore

6. His jail terms were to run concurrently

7. There is some obvious symmetry in the whole presentation

8. The bill has to wait as we are now insolvent

9. All his plans fell through

10. The balance sheet at the end of the business year shows that we broke even

11. He was appointed specifically to put the recruits through

12. The result of his experiment represents a break through in medical science

13. Being an optimist, our professor always sees the bright side of most things

14. The state government appointed a commission of inquiry to go into the community's complaints carefully and without prejudice

15. The traffic situation in Lagos can lead to disastrous consequences; a man lost a very lucrative job because he was held up by it

16. Mrs. Dada has been deserted by her husband because he feels she has a heart of stone

17. Mr. Jack could be a successful businessman if he paid more attention to the more intricate aspects of his account

18. If my father had not arrived, I would have starved. This sentence means

19. The two sprinters were running neck and neck

20. He stared at her

21. When the man was caught by police he presented a bold front

22. I have been able to observe him at close quarters

23. At the site of the ghastly accident the poor woman's hair stood on end

24. When the beggar was tired he ..... Down by the roadside

25. He did not like .... Leaving the class early lves

26. Before the operation, the dentist found that his patient's teeth....

27. The employer, not the salesman and his representative .... Responsible for the loss

28. The boy was born before his parents actually got married and so the court has declared him ....

29. As he was still owing me two naira, I was careful not to .... Him any more money

30. Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space; Last week the .... At the theater was the longest I had ever seen

1. A group of market women sell at least one of yam, plantain and maize. 12 of them sell maize, 10 sell yam and 14 sell plantain. 5 sell plantain and maize, 4 sell yam and maize, 2 sell yam and plantain only while 3 sell all the three items. How many women are in the group?

2. If log 10 to base 8 = X, evaluate log 5 to base 8 in terms of X.

3. Find the value of X if \(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{x+\sqrt{2}}=\frac{1}{x-\sqrt{2}}\)

4. If \(\frac{(a^2 b^{-3}c)^{\frac{3}{4}}}{a^{-1}b^{4}c^{5}}=a^{p} b^{q} c^{r}\) What is the value of p+2q?

5. If {(a2b -3c)3/4/a-1b 4c 5 } = apb qc r ; what is the value of p+2q?

6. A trader bought 100 oranges at 5 for N1.20, 20 oranges got spoilt and the remaining were sold at 4 for N1.50. Find the percentage gain or loss.

7. What is the answer when 24346 is divided by 426?

8. If 2\(_9\) x (Y3)\(_9\) = 3\(_5\) x (Y3)\(_5\), find the value of Y.

9. Simplify \(\sqrt{\frac{(0.0023 \times 750)}{(0.00345 \times 1.25)}}\)

10. If \(m*n = (\frac{m}{n} - \frac{n}{m}\)) for m, n belong to R, evaluate - 3*4

11. The sum of two numbers is twice their difference. If the difference of the numbers is P, find the larger of the two numbers

12. A binary operation * is defined by a*b = ab+a+b for any real number a and b. If the identity element is zero, find the inverse of 2 under this operation.

13. Factorize completely \(x^{2} + 2xy + y^{2} + 3x + 3y - 18\).

14. Tope bought X oranges at N5.00 each and some mangoes at N4.00 each. If she bought twice as many mangoes as oranges and spent at least N65.00 and at most N130.00, find the range of values of X.

15. Three consecutive positive integers k, l and m are such that l\(^2\) = 3(k+m). Find the value of m.

16. Express \(\frac{1}{x^{3}-1}\) in partial fractions

17. The first term of a geometric progression is twice its common ratio. Find the sum of the first two terms of the G.P if its sum to infinity is 8.

18. Divide 4x\(^3\) - 3x + 1 by 2x - 1

19. Find a positive value of \(\alpha\) if the coordinate of the centre of a circle x\(^2\) + y\(^2\) - 2\(\alpha\)x + 4y - \(\alpha\) = 0 is (\(\alpha\), -2) and the radius is 4 units.

20. A man 1.7m tall observes a bird on top of a tree at an angle of 30°. If the distance between the man's head and the bird is 25m, what is the height of the tree?

21. In ∆MNO, MN = 6 units, MO = 4 units and NO = 12 units. If the bisector of and M meets NO at P, calculate NP.

22. Find the tangent to the acute angle between the lines 2x + y = 3 and 3x - 2y = 5.

23. From a point P, the bearings of two points Q and R are N670W and N230E respectively. If the bearing of R from Q is N680E and PQ = 150m, calculate PR

24. Find the equation of the locus of a point P(x,y) such that PV = PW, where V = (1,1) and W = (3,5)

25. Find the area bounded by the curve y = x(2-x). The x-axis, x = 0 and x = 2.

26. Evaluate: \(\int^{z}_{0}(sin x - cos x) dx \hspace{1mm} Where\hspace{1mm}letter\hspace{1mm}z = \frac{\pi}{4}. (\pi = pi)\)

27. Find the volume of solid generated when the area enclosed by y = 0, y = 2x, and x = 3 is rotated about the x-axis.

28. What is the derivative of t2 sin (3t - 5) with respect to t?

29. Evaluate \(\int^{1}_{-2}(x-1)^{2}dx\)

30. Find the value of x for which the function y = x3 - x has a minimum value.

1. The inner diameter of a test tube can be measured accurately using a

2. Two bodies have masses in the ratio 3:1. They experience forces which impart to them acceleration in the ratio 2:9 respectively. Find the ratio of forces the masses experienced.

3. Particles of mass 10^-2kg is fixed to the tip of a fan blade which rotates with angular velocity of 100rad-1. If the radius of the blade is 0.2m, the centripetal force is

4. A lead bullet of mass 0.05kg is fired with a velocity of 200ms\(^{-1}\) into a lead block of mass 0.95kg. Given that the lead block can move freely, the final kinetic energy after impact is

5. A ball of mass 0.1kg is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 10ms-1 from the top of a tower 10m high. Neglecting air resistance, its total energy just before hitting the ground is (take g = 10ms-2)

6. A car of mass 800kg attains a speed of 25m/s in 20 secs. The power developed in the engine is

7. When the brakes in a car are applied, the frictional force force on the tyres is

8. If the stress on a wire is 107NM-2 and the wire is stretched from its original length of 10.00 cm to 10.05 cm. The young's modulus of the wire is

9. A solid weigh 10 .00 N in air, 6 N when fully immersed in water and 7 . 0 N when fully immersed in a liquid X. Calculate the relative density of the liquid, X.

10. When temperature of a liquid increases, its surface tension

11. A gas at a volume of V0 in a container at pressure P0 is compressed to one-fifth of its volume. What will be its pressure if the magnitude of its original temperature T is constant?

12. A piece of substance of specific head capacity 450JKg-1K-1 falls through a vertical distance of 20m from rest. Calculate the rise in temperature of the substance on hitting the ground when all its energies are converted into heat. [g = 10ms-2 ]

13. I. A liquid boils when its saturated vapour pressure is equal to the external pressure II. Dissolved substances in pure water lead to increase in the boiling point. III. When the external pressure is increased, the boiling point increases. IV. Dissolved substances in pure water decrease the boiling point. Which combination of the above are peculiarities of the boiling point of a liquid?

14. The temperature gradient across a copper rod of thickness 0.02m, maintained at two temperature junctions of 20°C and 80°C respectively is

15. Calculate the mass of ice that would melt when 2kg of copper is quickly transferred from boiling water to a block of ice without heat loss; Specific heat capacity of copper = 400JKg-1K-1 Latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.3 x 105JKg-1

16. The equation of a wave travelling along the positive x-direction is given by; y = 0.25 x 10-3 sin (500t - 0.025x). Determine the angular frequency of the wave motion.

17. If a sound wave goes from a cold air region to a hot air region, its wavelength will

18. The lowest note emitted by a stretched string has a frequency of 40Hz. How many overtones are there between 40hz and 180Hz?

19. A man stands 4m in front of a plane mirror. If the mirror is moved 1m towards the man, the distance between him and his new image is

20. The inside portion of part of a hollow metal sphere of diameter 20cm is polished. The portion will therefore form a

21. The velocities of light in air and glass are 3.0 x 108ms-1 and 2.0 x 108ms-1 respectively. If the angle of refraction is 30°, the sine of the angle of incidence is

22. An astronomical telescope is said to be in normal adjustment when the

23. Which of the following electromagnetic waves is least energetic?

24. Steel is more suitable for permanent magnet than iron because the former

25. Four cells each of e.m.f 1.5V and internal resistance of 4Ω are connected in parallel. What is the effective e.m.f. And internal resistance of the combination?

26. A 3000W electric cooker is to be used on a 200V mains circuit. Which of the fuses below can be used safely with the cooker?

27. A galvanometer has a resistance of 5Ω. By using a shunt wire of resistance 0.05Ω, the galvanometer could be converted to an ammeter capable of reading 2Amp. What is the current through the galvanometer?

28. In fleming's right-hand rule, the thumb, the forefinger and the middle finger if held mutually at right angles represent respectively, the

29. At what frequency would a 10H inductor have a reactance of 2000Ω?

30. The core of an efficient transformer should consist of laminated pieces of metal in order to

1. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

2. Zinc Oxide is a eactive Oxide

3. When sodium chloride and metallic sodium are each dissolved in water

4. The periodic classification of elements is an arrangement of the elements in order of their

5. In the reaction between sodium hydroxide and sulphuric acid solutions, what volume of 0.5 molar sodium hydroxide would exactly neutralise 10cm3 of 1.25 molar sulphuric acid?

6. A small quantity of solid ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) was heated gently in a test tube, the solid gradually disappears to produce two gases. Later, a white cloudy deposit was observed on the cooler part of the test tube. The ammonium chloride is said to have undergone

7. Elements P, Q, R, S have 6, 11, 15, 17 electrons respectively, therefore,

8. An element X forms the following compounds with chlorine; XCl4, XCl3, XCl2. This illustrates the

9. The oxidation state of chlorine in potassium chlorate is

10. When air which contains the gases Oxygen, nitrogen, carbondioxide, water vapour and the rare gases, is passed through alkaline pyrogallol and then over quicklime, the only gases left are;

11. When heat is absorbed during a chemical reaction, the reaction is said to be

12. When large hydrocarbon molecules are heated at high temperature in the presence of a catalyst to give smaller molecules, the process is known as

13. The pH of four solutions W, X, Y, Z are 4, 6, 8, 10 respectively, therefore

14. When each of the nitrates of Potassium, Magnesium and iron is heated,

15. Which of the following metals cannot replace hydrogen from water or steam?

16. A sample of hard water contains some calcium sulphate and calcium hydrogen carbonate. The total hardness may therefore be removed by

17. During the electrolysis of copper II sulphate between platinum electrodes, if litmus solution is added to the anode compartment,

18. The reaction between an organic acid and an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst is known as;

19. The IUPAC names of the compounds CH3COOH and CH2=CH2 are respectively;

20. If 30cm3 of oxygen diffuses through a porous pot in 7 seconds, how long will it take 60cm3 of chlorine to diffuse through the same pot, if the vapour densities of oxygen and chlorine are 16 and 36 respectively?

21. Brass and bronze are both metallic alloys. Which of the following constituents is common to both alloys?

22. Which of the following gases may not be dried with concentrated sulphuric acid?

23. Which of the following reactions does not take place in the smelting of iron in a blast furnace?

24. Which of the following is not a member of the homologous series of the paraffins (alkanes)?

25. When ammonia and hydrogen ion bond together to form ammonium ion, the bond formed is called

26. An example of an alcohol is

27. The nucleus of an atom contains

28. Hypochlorous acid is used as a bleach because

29. The normal boiling point of a liquid is defined as

30. Which of the following compounds will form a solution if exposed to air?

1. A plant which grows on another plant without apparent harm to the host plant is called

2. Given the equation: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2 {Under sunlight & Chlorophyll) The process represented by the above equation is

3. Given the equation: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2 {Under sunlight & Chlorophyll) The oxygen given off during the above process is derived from

5. People suffering from myopia

6. The cilia in paramecium are use for

7. Euglena may be classified as a plant because it

8. A trawler on a fishing trip caught a type of animal with hairs on its body. This animal could have been

9. Which of these type of skeleton is most appropriate for a cockroach?

10. When protein are broken down they provide

12. The following events take place during conjugation in spirogyra 1. The protoplasm of each of the conjugating cell separate from the cell wall to form a Gamete; the gamete of one filament passes through the conjugation tube to meet the gamete of the other filament 2. The zygote soon become surrounded by thick brown wall to become zygospore which burst after a short rest and germinate to produce a new filament 3. The nuclei of the gametes fuse to form a zygote 4. The protuberance meet and where they touch the cell-wall disappear so that a conjugation tube joining the two cell is formed 5. Protuberance appear on the wall of the cell of two filament of spirogyra lying side by side opposite one another. Now what is the correct sequence in which the above sequence occur?

13. Which of the following is a characteristic of animal cell?

14. Nitrifying bacteria keep the soil fertile by

15. In the life history of schistosoma (Bilharzia), one of the following is intermediate host

16. In which of the following groups of organisms do all the members have asexual method of reproduction?

17. The hormone which tones up the muscles of a person in time of danger is from the

18. The study of organism and the environment of an abandoned farmland is the ecology of?

19. A potometer with a leafy shoot weighed 18.9g initially and weighed 17.9g after one hour. From this it follow that

20 At fertilization

21. The neck region of the tape worm, (taenia) is responsible for the

22. Which of these is not true of the insect? The possession of

23. Rhizopus (or mucor)obtain its food from dead organic matter extracellularly. It is said to be

24. The feature that distinguish the toad or frog from the fish is the absence of

25. Which of these is not associated with tadpole stages of toad or frog

26. Which of these is not associated with the movement of the toad, reptile or bird?

27. Which of these is not a part of the feather of a bird?

29. Which of these elements in plants is required in small quantities only

30. A potometer was used to compare the rate of loss of the same volume of water from a plant under different environmental conditions as under a fan, at the sea shore, under the sun, in the airy laboratory and in cupboard. What time was likely to have been obtained in a cupboard?

GEOGRAPHY

1. Which of the following phenomena is not directly related to the revolution of the earth?

2. Which pair of activities would you NOT find in an equatorial climate? 1. Commercial grain farming. 2. Rice cultivation. 3. lumbering. 4. Plantation agriculture. 5. Dry farming

3. Inter-regional trade between countries in West Africa is promoted mainly by

4. Which statement is NOT true of the middle belt in Nigeria?

5. Which of the following zones is the least industrialized in Nigeria?

6. Which purpose is NOT served by the Kainji Dam?

7. What is the Nile valley best known for?

8. Which is not exported by the Republic of South Africa?

9. Name the most important industrial mineral of Ghana

10. Which of the following factors least explains the fast growing population in Africa?

11. If a map at a scale of 1:50,000 is reduced by half, what is the new scale of the map?

12. Which of the following most accurately describe the climate of coast lands which are adjacent to cool ocean currents?

13. How were the major mountain belts of the world produced?

14. Which of the following factors must account for the rapid increase in world population during the twentieth century?

15. What does subsistence agriculture mean?

16. Which of the following type of agriculture would you expect to find around a big city in an industrial society such as in Europe?

17. Which of the following provides the best location for a bakery?

18. The greatest volume of shipping across the Atlantic Ocean is

19. Which of the following towns is NOT a pre-colonial town?

20. Which of the following has the highest mean annual rainfall?

21. The Middle Best of West Africa is NOT characterized by one of the following. Which one?

22. Which ONE of the following statements about the railway lines of Africa is false?

23. Which one of the following countries has an export trade which is dominated by a single mineral?

24. A World Title Boxing contest took place in New York (75°W time zone) on a Tuesday between 21:30 and 22:30 Hours and was televised live. When did viewers in Lagos (15°E time zone) watch the contest live on television?

25. Which of the following currents has a warming influence upon the coast along which it flows?

26. Which of the following lakes owes its origin mainly to faulting?

27. The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river's channel is called

28. Temperature is to isotherms as air pressure is to

29. Which of the following gradients is the steepest?

30. In which of the following countries is commercial grain farming an important occupation?