Past Questions And Answers
The accounting method that reports incomes when earned and expenses when incurred is called?
- A. cash accounting
- B. commitment accounting
- C. fund accounting
- D. accrual accounting
An unfavorable balance of trade for a country mean that her
- A) Exports exceeds import
- B) Visible imports exceeds visible exports
- C) Invisible export exceeds visible imports
- D) Import & exports are equal
A common characteristic shared by iron and aluminium is that both?
- A. are extracted by reduction methods
- B. form only basic oxides
- C. show oxidation states of +2 and +3
- D. form soluble hydroxides
Membership of pressure groups is usually limited because they
- A. pursue specific and narrow objectives
- B. promote other people's interests
- C. do not have dynamic leadership
- D. promote the interest of the government
Find the 7th term of the sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, 6,...
- A. 37
- B. 48
- C. 50
- D. 63
Yellow colouration of the lower leaves of a growing maize plant may be due to deficiency in
- A. potassium
- B. phosphorus
- C. zinc
- D. nitrogen
(a)(i) State one physical method and one chemical method in each case by which the following can be removed:
I. Permanent hardness in water
II. A suspension of CaCO\(_3\) in water.
(ii) Give one disadvantage of hard water.
(b) Explain the following observations: (i) Crystals of washing soda become powdery on exposure to air for a long time
(ii) The concentration of chloride ions in 0.02 mol dm\(^{-3}\) calcium chloride solution is not the same s in 0.02 mol dm\(^{-3}\) sodium chloride solution.
(iii) Iron filings corrode faster than iron nails of the same mass.
(c)(i) Classify each of the following oxides as acidic, basic, neutral or amphoteric. I. ZnO II. CO III. NO\(_2\)
(ii) Give the formula of the acid anhydride of each of the following: I. H\(_2\)CO\(_3\) II. H\(_2\)SO\(_4\)
(iii) Give the IUPAC name of the following salts: I. COCl\(_2\) II. Mg(NO\(_3\))\(_2\).
(d)(i) Mention one pollutant associated with depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere
(ii) Calculate the volume occupied by 0.125 mole of oxygen at 27°C and a pressure of 2.02 x 105 Nm\(^{-2}\) [I mole of gas occupies 22.4 dm\(^3\) at s.t.p; standard pressure = 1.01 x 105 Nm\(^{-2}\)]
(iii) State one process used for the industrial preparation of oxygen.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2004 THEORYThis question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
'''It is good for a misfortune like this to happen once in a while,'he said, 'so that we can know the thoughts of our friends and neighbours. Unless the wind blows we do not see the fowl's rump.''
The 'misfortune' referred to in this extract was the
- A. misunderstanding between Akueke and her husand
- B. outrage which Oduche committed against the sacred python
- C. sending away of Ezeulu's sons to worship the whiteman's God
- D. ominous vist of Ezeulu's in-laws to his compound
Find the value of m in the diagram

- A. 72°
- B. 68°
- C. 44°
- D. 34°
South-facing slopes are favorable for rural settlement locations in the cool temperate regions of the northern hemisphere because they?
- A. receive more solar energy
- B. are agriculturally more productive
- C. are always well drained
- D. offer good shelter from storms

