Past Questions And Answers
Govermment in most cases influences the location of firms to
- A. discourage private investors
- B. ensure equitable distribution
- C. reduce the cost of production
- D. make the firms enjoy economies of scale
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
Jimmy is good company, but he sometimes blows his own trumpet. This means that Jimmy
- A. enjoys music
- B. disregards others
- C. praises himself
- D. is an expert in playing the trumpet
The amount of air and water in the soil is mostly affected by the
- A. location of the soil
- B. amount of annual rainfall
- C. chemical compostion of the soil
- D. structure of the soil
What is the answer when 24346 is divided by 426?
- A. 236
- B. 356
- C. 526
- D. 556
Study the food chain illustrated below and use it to answer this question.
J-K-L-M-N
The position occupied by each of organisms J K L M N in the food chain is known as the
- A. energy level
- B. trophic level
- C. food web
- D. pyramid of numbers
Potassium and sodium show similar chemical properties because they?
- A. belong to the same group in the Periodic table
- B. have equal number of electrons in their outermost shells.
- C. both exist in the + 1 oxidation state in their compound
- D. belong to the same period in the Periodic Table
Which of the following statements about the mass and the weight of a body is not correct? its
- A. mass is a scalar quantity
- B. weight is a function of the gravitational pull on it
- C. mass on earth and on the moon is the same
- D. weigh at the equatior and at the poles is the same
The carbon atoms of ethane are
- A) sp2 hybridized
- B) sp3 hybridized
- C) sp2d hybridized
- D) sp hybridized
Which of the following will encourage capital intensive farming
- A. encouraging communal system of land ownership
- B. adopting policies that will encourage rural-urban migration
- C. provision of subsidies on equipment
- D. Restrictive lending policies by banks
Which of the following statements correctly describe(s) cathode rays? i. they consist of tiny particles carrying negative electric charges. ii. they are deflected in a magnetic field but not in an electric field. iii. they consist of fast moving neutrons and deflected in an electric field.
- A. i only
- B. ii only
- C. i and ii only
- D. ii and iii only