Past Questions And Answers
A man bought 5 reams of duplicating paper, each of which are supposed to contain 480 sheets. The actual number of sheets in the packets were : 435, 420, 405, 415 and 440.
(a) Calculate, correct to the nearest whole number, the percentage error for the packets of paper;
(b) If the agreed price for a full ream was N35.00, find, correct to the nearest naira, the amount by which the buyer was cheated.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 THEORYMrs. Jones is expecting a baby. The probability that it will be a boy is 1/2 and probability that the baby will have blue eyes is 1/4. What is the probability that she will have a blue-eyed boy?
- A. 1/8
- B. 1/4
- C. 3/8
- D. 1/2
The four kings that reigned in Judah during the prophecy of Hosea were
- A. Uzziah, Zedekiah, Jehoiakim and Hezekiah
- B. Uzziah,Joash, Jeroboam and Hezekiah
- C. Uzziah,Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah
- D. Hezekiah,Joash,Ahab and Uzziah
Which of the following factors is LEAST important in the location of industries?
- A. Power
- B. Climate
- C. Market
- D. Raw materials
What is the position of fulfilment of promises in Islam?
- A. Compulsory
- B. Desirable
- C. Prohibited
- D. Recommended
An aid to trade associated with communications is?
- A. advertisement
- B. transportation
- C. warehousing
- D. insurance
A freshly demagnetized bar magnet is placed in the East-West direction to ensure that
- A. the molecular magnets remain randomly arranged.
- B. the molecular magnets are properly aligned
- C. it is affected by the earth's magnetic field
- D. the magnetic domains are within the earth's field
Outline the ways in which the federal government has encouraged industrialization in Nigeria in recent years.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1992 THEORYSugar Plantations in Africa are most highly developed in the lowlands of
- A. the Guinea Coast and Mozambique
- B. the mediterranean seaboard and the Guinea coast
- C. Mozambique and Natal
- D. Natal and Lower Nile
A boat sails 8 km north from P to Q and then sails 6 km west from Q to R. Calculate the bearing of R from P. Give your answer to the nearest degree.
- A. 217
- B. 323
- C. 037
- D. 053