Past Questions And Answers
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined. The meeting wascancelled because of the convocation
- A. brought up
- B. called off
- C. broke off
- D. phased out
The name of the man whose ear Peter cut off is?
- A) Malchus
- B) Pontius
- C) Judas
- D) Justus
(a) Madam Kwakyewaa imported a quantity of frozen fish costing GH¢ 400.00. The goods attracted an import duty of 15% of its cost. She also paid a sales tax of 10% of the total cost of the goods including the import duty and then sold the goods for GH¢ 660.00. Calculate the percentage profit.
(b) In a school, there are 1000 boys and a number of girls. The 48% of the total number of students that were successful in an examination was made up of 50%of the boys and 40% of the girls. Find the number of girls in the school.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 THEORYIn the transportation industry, dead freight is used to describe the
- A. cost paid for an empty space left in the ship
- B. charge for each day a performance was delayed
- C. persons that hire a ship for a specific purpose
- D. cost of shipping a particular cargo for a specific voyage
The set of rules that defines the combination of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured statements or expressions in that language is called _________
- A. Syntax
- B. Instruction
- C. Program
- D. Domain
If 20 cm3 of distilled water is added to 80cm3 of 0. 50 mol dm-3 hydrochloric acid, the new concentration of the acid will be
- A. 0.10mol dm-3
- B. 0.20mol dm-3
- C. 0.40mol dm-3
- D. 2.00mol dm-3
Find the area of the circle whose equation is given as \(x^{2} + y^{2} - 4x + 8y + 11 = 0\).
- A. \(3\pi\)
- B. \(6\pi\)
- C. \(9\pi\)
- D. \(12\pi\)
Which of the following is not covered by fire insurance policy?
- A. Consequential loss
- B. Gas explosion
- C. Domestic boilers
- D. Lightning
One of the factor that may not promote industrial development is
- A. local firms entering into partnerships with foreign firms
- B. granting capital to firms at reasonable interest rates
- C. setting up industrial estates with modern amenities
- D. granting old firms tax exemptions
Which of the following functions is not performed by the public service commission
- A. evaluating the performance of ministries and departments
- B. advising government on technical matters
- C. preparing the annual budget and assenting to it
- D. organizing enlightenment programmes and training

