Past Questions And Answers
Oil applied to the surface of water kills the larvae of mosquitoes through
- A. dehydration
- B. poisoning
- C. starvation
- D. Suffocation
Which of the following is used in rocket fuels?
- A) HNO3
- C) H2SO4
- B) CH3COOH
- D) HCl
\(g \circ h\) is

- A. one- to- one
- B. onto
- C. a relation
- D. a series
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good pasture?
- A. high quality grass
- B. provision of balance nutrients
- C. ability to withstand trampling
- D. high stem to leaf ratio
Which of the following is not a problem facing Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
- A. Language barriers
- B. Inadequate supply of labour
- C. Production of the same commodities
- D. Poor transportation and communication
(a) Solve the simultaneous equation : \(\log_{10} x + \log_{10} y = 4\)
\(\log_{10} x + 2\log_{10} y = 3\)
(b) The time, t, taken to buy fuel at a petrol station varies directly as the number of vehicles V on queue and jointly varies inversely as the number of pumps P available in the station. In a station with 5 pumps, it took 10 minutes to fuel 20 vehicles. Find :
(i) the relationship between t, P and V ; (ii) the time it will take to fuel 50 vehicles in the station with 2 pumps ; (iii) the number of pumps required to fuel 40 vehicles in 20 minutes.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 THEORY_________ is the sowing of seed by drilling with stick or knife, followed by dropping seeds and covering them
- A. Broadcasting
- B. Dibbling
- C. Dribbling
- D. Drilling
Which of the following statements is the correct reason for using soft iron in making the armature or an electric bell?
- A. It is a diamagnetic material
- B. It loses its magnetism readily
- C. It is not easily magnetized
- D. It retains its magnetism for a long time
The components of universal indicator solution can best be prepared by
- A) chromatography
- B) filtration
- C) evaporation
- D) fractional distillation
An element wil readily form an electrovalent compound if it electron configuration is
- A. 2, 8, 1
- B. 2, 8, 4
- C. 2, 8, 8
- D. 2, 8, 5

