Past Questions And Answers
The man who established the Muslim city of Qairawan was
- A. Musa b. Naufai
- B. Ubaidah b. Saad
- C. Uqbah b. Nafi
- D. Irshad b. Waqas
In the extraction of iron, hot air is introduced into the blast furnace through?
- A. valves
- B. open-hearths
- C. arcs
- D. tuyeres
An acidic soil can be neutralized by the addition of
- A. urea
- B. ammonium sulphate
- C. wood ash
- D. laterite
Use the data in the table below to answer the questions that follow;
| Age group | No of Students in thousands | |
| 1955 | 1960 | |
| 0 - 16 | 150 | 143 |
| 17 - 45 | 51 | 107 |
| 46 -60 | 29 | 33 |
| above 60 | 15 | 17 |
(a) What is the percentage increase in the working population between 1955 - 1960?
(b) Calculate the ratio dependent population to the working population in 1955.
(c) Calculate the ratio of dependent population to the working population in 1960.
(d) Has the dependency ratio increased or decreased between 1955 and 1960?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1994 THEORYWhich of the following is not a veritable source of funds to a public limited company?
- A. government financial grant
- B. advances and loan from banks
- C. internally generated funds
- D. funds from the sale of shares
(a) Name one product of destructive distillation of coal that is (i) solid (ii) liquid; (iii) gas.
(b) (i) What is the major component of synthetic gas? (ii) Give one reason why synthetic gas is not a major source of air pollution.
(c) (i) Write a balanced chemical equation for the complete combustion of carbon. (ii) State two: I. physical; II. chemical properties of the product in (c)(i).
(d) (i) Name two allotropes of carbon that are I. crystalline, II. amorphous. (ii) State one use of each of the allotropes named in (d)(i).
(e) (i) By means of balanced chemical equations only, outline the process of manufacture of H\(_2\)SO\(_4\), by contact process.
(ii) State the function of H\(_2\)SO\(_4\) in each of the following reaction equations:
I. C\(_2\)H\(_5\)OH\(_{2(l)}\) \(\to\) C\(_2\)H\(_{4(g)}\);
II. Pb(NO\(_{3(g)}\) + H\(_2\)SO\(_{4(g)}\) —> PbSO\(_{4(s)}\) + 2HNO\(_{3(aq)}\)
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 THEORYThe privilege citizens enjoyed in a country irrespective of sex, tribe or creed is
- A. right
- B. constitution
- C. manifesto
- D. franchise
The two prominent highlands at the Nigeria-Cameroun border are
- A. Mambila and Oban
- B. Mandara and Alantika
- C. Udi and Shebshi
- D. Jos Plateau and Kukuruku
Lack of nucleus is a feature in?
- A. osteocyte
- B. neurone
- C. erythrocyte
- D. leucocyte
When bacteria swim from cold to warm regions, this is known as
- A. positive phototaxis
- B. negative phototaxis
- C. positive thermotaxis
- D. negative chemotaxis

