Past Questions And Answers
The largest concentration of human population is in
- A. North America
- B. Western Europe
- C. West Africa
- D. South East Asia
(a) Differentiate between land ownership byleasehold and land ownership byfreehold. [ 2 marks ]
(b) Mentionfive ways in which non-governmental organizations contribute to agricultural
development in West Africa. [ 5 marks ]
(c) Statefourways in which rural-urban migration has hindered agricultural development in West Africa. [ 4 marks ]
(d) Mentionthree socio-economic uses of land. [ 3 marks ]
(e) Explaintwo ways by whicheach of the following environmental factors affect agricultural production:
- Soil organisms;
- soil texture. [ 4 marks ]
A body is projected from the earth's surface with the intention of letting it escape from the earth's gravitational field. What is the minimum escape velocity of the body? [Earth's radius = 6.4 x 103km, g = 10ms-2]
- A. 14 kms-1
- B. 13 kms-1
- C. 12 kms-1
- D. 11 kms-1
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
The secretary was............from her job for absenteeism.
- A. evicted
- B. dismissed
- C. rejected
- D. eliminated
The type of isomerism exhibited by cis and trans isomers is?
- A. positional
- B. geometrical
- C. functional
- D. optical
The diagram below illustrates a beaker of water being heated. It is observed that as the bubbles rise they get bigger in size.The reason for this observation is
- A. water pressure on the bubbles decreases
- B. density of water increases with rise in temperature
- C. volume of water increases with rise in temperature
- D. atmospheric pressure on the bubbles decreases
The major reason for Nigeria’s interest in the Liberian Civil War was to save herself from
- A. bearing the burden of the war
- B. losing her investments in Liberia
- C. losing her citizens in Liberia
- D. losing her position as a regional power.
If U = {x : x is an integer and 1 ≤ x ≤ 20
E1 = {x : x is a multiple of 3}
E2 = {x : x is a multiple of 4}
and an integer is picked at random from U, find the probability that it is not in E2
- A. 3/4
- B. 3/10
- C. 1/4
- D. 1/20
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'Red booth, Red pillar-box Red double-tiered Omnibus squelching tar. It was real!....'
These lines from Soyinka's 'Telephone Conversation show that the poet
- A. appreciates the environment of his experience
- B. is insensitive to his experience
- C. is unable to believe his experience
- D. believes both his environment and experience
I called to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me, out of the belly of shoel I cried and thou didst hear my voice ... Jonah's statement above implies that God_________
- A. hears and answers prayers in times of distress
- B. is happy when His servants are humble
- C. expects total loyalty from His servants
- D. expects conviction of sin from His servants